It's worth remembering that the criteria are around "notable" rather than "nice". That is: "a person, group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse ... has d… (View Post)

I've written an editorial on this (aka new thread starter) over at Buildhub, here: https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/41805-new-nppf-changes-to-england-planning-policy/ This is the meat I have … (View Post)

What you want first is to react slowly. Back in the 1980s my dad had two employees, and the long-term one won the pools to the tune of several hundred k. The same day he said "I'm offski&qu… (View Post)

50% affordable housing target is interestng. Limiting site specific viability assessments until the guidelines have been rewritten next spring will reduce opportunities for obfuscation. Strengthening… (View Post)

I think the dynamic of that is that where population density overall is higher there is perhaps more pressure to make protection more thorough on the parts of the country deemed to be under threat - … (View Post)