To be fair, it's possibly the most constructive (pun intended) of the tweaks made. Para 143 defines the purpose of the Green Belt: Green Belt serves five purposes: a) to check the unrestricted sprawl… (View Post)

Oh, God, it's crap. They've made very minor tweaks to the existing one. I've been going through line by line and I'm a third of the way through and there's minimal meaningful change so far. The bigge… (View Post)

This is a key point. FPTP doesn't avoid coalitions - it just hides them within the Big Two parties and makes it much more difficult for the electorate to affect them (you don't get the ability to dis… (View Post)

As an aside - the number of objections received, or comments in support don't change much. It's not the number, but the content. They need to identify material considerations against the legislation … (View Post)

That mobile phone mast application in Rottingdean is interesting. The report is here: https://democracy.brighton-hove.gov.uk/documents/s203946/Report%20BH2024%2001723%20-%20St%20Margarets%20High%20St… (View Post)