Councillors accused of breaching code over 'brown envelope' comment in Issa brothers planning row

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Two senior councillors have been accused of breaching a council code of conduct. It comes over remarks they made during a heated debate over plans concerning the billionaire Issa brothers.

During a planning committee meeting about the approval of two buildings to be built by the billionaire duo, local Councillor Peter Britcliffe made remarks about 'brown envelopes'.

While, Councillor Marlene Haworth said the move 'stinks and needs investigating.' The two elected officials are the subject of separate complaints from a council planning officer and a firm of planning agents LancsLive reports. READ MORE : Mum hit toy store assistant with car and carried him for 50ft after nicking two children's scooters Hyndburn Borough Council’s Conservative group leader, Councillor Marlene Haworth, and her deputy, Councillor Peter Britcliffe, made the comments as the authority's March 23 planning committee meeting.

It was while discussing an application by the property arm of Blackburn’s Issa brothers’ business empire. Monte Blackburn Ltd was seeking backdated permission for changes to the previously approved design on two warehouses on its Frontier Park development in Oswaldtwistle.