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Category Archives: Planning Rules
An empty port and unbuilt Bridge
Over the last few days news has emerged regarding two very different Government sponsored projects which were each high profile, albeit for different reasons and which have now been curtailed, also for different reasons. Both led to the potential for … Continue reading
Windfarm success despite the barriers erected by politicians
The news on Tuesday that the combined force of the on-shore and off-shore windfarms can generate 20 Giga Watts of electricity now that the Cumbrian off-shore wind farm is on line is very encouraging. The total power provided by all … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged Renewable Energy, Wind Farms
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The need for consistency by our Council
This news report regarding the failure by Tony Antoniades to paint a building with the right paint, which is now resulting in legal action being taken against him by Brighton & Hove Council, led to a number of comments, some of … Continue reading
Ministerial accountability
Its clear that when a Minister stands up in Parliament or indeed in any public setting and makes a statement, that people sit up and listen. If the same thing was said by an MP there may be some interest, … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety, Housing, Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged Grenfell Tower, Lakanal House
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Housing for young people
The following article focuses on the crisis in Youth Homelessness and the need for powerful advocates, it is published this morning in The Argus newspaper: There are few people who have the privilege of living in a Palace, particularly one … Continue reading
Housing is not a short term problem
I find it slightly disturbing to remember back to the early part of this Century and Millennium when Gordon Brown as Chancellor was roundly criticised by the Conservative Opposition for claiming that the UK needed 3M new homes to be … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged Affordable housing, Rural Housing
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The Loneliest town in the UK?
The decision by the coalition Government in 2014 to create a new type of by-law has led the Council for the most Westerley part of London to force the town featured in this photograph to become the loneliest place in … Continue reading
Health and Planning
The news from yesterday that Sir Simon Stevens, CEO of NHS England wants the NHS to participate in local planning issues is very welcome. It has been a long time coming and it is very sad that opportunities from the last … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged NHS, Sir Simon Stevens, Town Planning
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The places where some cannot go
In the furore of comments by Donald Trump and Katie Hopkins suggesting that the Metropolitan Police cannot enter certain parts of London and that there are some parts of the UK that non Muslims cannot go it might be useful … Continue reading
The Governments own legal high
The sight on our streets of gas canisters and deflated balloons first thing in the morning are evidence of how some party goers the night before are sourcing Nitrous Oxide for personal consumption. Although the use of laughing gas is not … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Parliament and Democracy, Planning Rules
Tagged Amber Rudd, David Cameron, Fracking, George Osborne, Nitrous Oxide, Wind Farms
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