Greg Hennessy wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:26:20 -0000, "Mikael Armstrong"
wrote:


Very true, so why not let people build a few more houses
in such areas?

Try the nationalised planning system courtesy of the town
and country planning act 1947.

A spiteful piece of legislation whose only purpose was to
outlaw the mechanism by which 1.5+ million privately built,
financed and *affordable* houses in the 20s and 30s.
Couldn't have that doncha know.

It not an 'efficient use of resources' (sic), you have to
keep them poor and dependent so they'll keep voting
socialist.

Nimbies and bananas also love it as it' a morass of
centrally planned bureaucratic process which can be
exploited to frustrate obtaining the necessary consent.

The T5 public inquiry or taking 8 years to put a 2nd runway
at Stansted are prime cases in point.


The main problem is the lack of supply that is driving up
the prices.

If you were to believe the CPRE, the SE is currently like
downtown Hong Hong during the rush hour, when the reality
is that approximately 15% of the land within 1 hours
commute of charring cross is built on.


A one hour commute by your favoured mode is only about ten miles at most.
Are you suggesting that there are open fields within that area?