I would add Socrates to that first list. Really liked my discussions with him back in the day. Much missed. Also of course we cannot miss Tim (the original) off that list, nor the American Tims. (View Post)

I don't remember when I first joined PB but I think it was a couple of years after it had started. It remains the only place worth visiting to get both informed opinion and often the first hint … (View Post)

Except contributions from development notoriously don't address those concerns. One of the big problems with Barts loony plans for getting rid of planning is that part of that planning is making… (View Post)

Building controls are a far bigger issue than planning controls. They add massively to costs and time for building. That said even with the current controls the actual standard of building in the UK … (View Post)

Agree about the NIMBYS but we also need to deal with one of the biggest obstacles to housebuilding - the building firms. How can it be acceptable that last year, when prices stopped rising as sharply… (View Post)