“For instance, by going from shoddy bungalows to beautifully-built apartment blocks.” Well people like bungalows, particularly elderly people with mobility issues considering down sizing, thereby freeing up housing stock. And if many modern apartment blocks are beautifully-built, I have not observed them.
There were some former barracks renovated a decade ago that looked good. I can’t post links as that’ll be be blocked, but I think an article on them was in The Critic recently.
R Wright
1 year ago
I imagine the vast majority of naysayers don’t actually own any land.
David Lawrence
1 year ago
The naivety of this article staggers me. Street votes are simply a recipe for complete stagnation. More residents? Where are they going to park, what about the increased traffic. Younger residents? More noise, more antisocial behaviour. Affordable housing? We all know the kind people that attracts. Conversion to a refuge or half-way house of some kind – in fact, of any kind? You must be joking.
The whole point of planning is to consider the overall welfare of a community and balance out competing interests – and that balancing will often involve over-ruling the vociferous objections of some sections of the community.
“For instance, by going from shoddy bungalows to beautifully-built apartment blocks.” Well people like bungalows, particularly elderly people with mobility issues considering down sizing, thereby freeing up housing stock. And if many modern apartment blocks are beautifully-built, I have not observed them.
There were some former barracks renovated a decade ago that looked good. I can’t post links as that’ll be be blocked, but I think an article on them was in The Critic recently.
I imagine the vast majority of naysayers don’t actually own any land.
The naivety of this article staggers me. Street votes are simply a recipe for complete stagnation. More residents? Where are they going to park, what about the increased traffic. Younger residents? More noise, more antisocial behaviour. Affordable housing? We all know the kind people that attracts. Conversion to a refuge or half-way house of some kind – in fact, of any kind? You must be joking.
The whole point of planning is to consider the overall welfare of a community and balance out competing interests – and that balancing will often involve over-ruling the vociferous objections of some sections of the community.