On the Planning Permission mentioned by Horse in Chingford, I looked it up and here's the site. It's a big detached house in an area of terraces. A dream site. They could have gone a LOT mo… (View Post)

So that's fine in principle. 20sqm each is about 30-35 per hectare, once (in planning principle) open space, roads etc have been allowed for. That's normal if balanced appropriately. It is … (View Post)

Whilst I agree that specific objection to specific schemes can be valid if (in England) they are about "relevant planning matters" (there's a longish list). I had a proposed profit-mon… (View Post)

I think he's Director of the Middle East Institute, a non-partisan US think tank founded after WW2. So reputable and well-networked, but still capable of making mistakes in a febrile situation -… (View Post)

This is my bizarre photo for the day. A light show advertising the screen the size of a building, dominating the White City Circle - one of the more complex signallised (with traffic lights) junction… (View Post)