On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:28:45 GMT, Tony Bryer wrote:

In article , Greg
Hennessy wrote:
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.

But, as you imply, the Conservatives, far from scrapping it,
have embraced and extended it for their own ends.

You'll get no argument from me on that score.
Politicians dont like surrendering centralised power.


You'll hear
them harp on about the need to accept the discipline of market
forces when you are shutting down a mine or steelworks, but not
when someone wants to replace a suburban bungalow or two with a
block of flats.

I want a return to the pre war situation where local authorities and local
authorities alone decided that is was in the best interests of their rate
payers to grant permission to build high quality affordable housing at
densities of 8-12/acre for the equivalent of 20-25k in todays money.


greg



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