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My photo for the day illustrates what’s possible, and also the tremendous NIMBY pressure that will face councils at every step.

This is a building project literally in (well, behind) my backyard. They’re taking an old low rise building and adding a few storeys to it.



I think it looks nice and will fill in what was previously a rather large and incongruous gap in the roofline. And this is just the sort of dense urban milieu where we should be encouraging infill. All the neighbours are outraged and depressed by it and letters regularly go into the council.

Presumably you saw the planning application etc? From what I can see it wouldn’t be ideal for the extra storey to have a balcony which directly overlooks your garden? You might be fine with this - I probably wouldn’t (not that I have a garden!). Moving somewhere already overlooked is one thing. Becoming overlooked later-on is something else.


As long as these developments are designed properly there’s no reason to be upset as your neighbours evidently are.

I guess he wasn't a migrant and so it wasn't a priority.

I understand this is the approved response to male offences against women.

Never underestimate the madness that can be created by semi-voluntary organisations.

Years ago, there was a case involving a local sports club. Turned out that a committee member had been hiring private investigators to bug members, steal email, and "phone hack" - aka listen to voice mails by guessing the password. He spent a fortune on doing this. Used the information to harass and manipulate everyone around him.

Barking mad, of course.

What I found interesting was the statement from the PIs involved - that this was a standard package of services offered. This was before the Phone Hacking Scandal hit big.

The smaller the power involved, the more vicious the internal politics.