Thursday, Mar 01, 2012

NIMBYs vs. Home Builder Federation

BBC News: Planning permission for new homes 'hits five-year low'

A drop in the number of homes getting planning permission in England shows why the government must "stand firm" on its planning overhaul, say developers

Posted by richy richless @ 04:56 PM (434 views) Add Comment

3 Comments

1. Tinker said...

Probably has more to do with a lack of demand at the expected inflated prices. Developers able to sit on land banks.

If the demand was there, planning applications would be going in,

Happened where live in 2008, an area a magnet for all sorts of schemes, that suddenly went quiet when the 'credit crunch' happened, finance and opportunism were the main factors in driving housing/apartment projects.

Thursday, March 1, 2012 07:41PM Report Comment
 

2. mark wadsworth said...

This is one of those battles where you want both sides to lose. I'm no fan of this "build your own back to the earth" stuff, but what's wrong with local builders, hopefully employing local labour, just building half a dozen houses at a time, dotted here there and everywhere?

Thursday, March 1, 2012 08:45PM Report Comment
 

3. mark said...

nope the councils dont help i have land i have been trying to build on for years, same council brick wall

Friday, March 2, 2012 11:43AM Report Comment
 

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