http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/20/planning-how-much-do-we-need/ Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Wokingham Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:01:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/20/planning-how-much-do-we-need/#comment-2648 David Anthony Sun, 20 May 2007 17:28:05 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=263#comment-2648 Anything internal should, of course, be de-regulated. When it comes to external development, it's a trickier issue. Does every homeowner have a right over the sunlight that enters their home? It's not so much of an issue for detached houses, but would be a serious issue for owners of semi-detached housing. Anything internal should, of course, be de-regulated. When it comes to external development, it’s a trickier issue. Does every homeowner have a right over the sunlight that enters their home? It’s not so much of an issue for detached houses, but would be a serious issue for owners of semi-detached housing.

]]> http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/20/planning-how-much-do-we-need/#comment-2636 Steven_L Sun, 20 May 2007 09:51:54 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=263#comment-2636 I've never had any dealings with planning, but when my Dad extended his house I remember there were restrictions based on sunlight and our neighbours garden, which I can see the point of. I’ve never had any dealings with planning, but when my Dad extended his house I remember there were restrictions based on sunlight and our neighbours garden, which I can see the point of.

]]> http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2007/05/20/planning-how-much-do-we-need/#comment-2635 Kit Sun, 20 May 2007 09:35:25 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=263#comment-2635 Planning makes Iraq look like a cake-walk. We are not building enough houses and the houses we are building are too small. How to reconcile this with peoples fear of "concreting over the country side" is tough. A worthy experiment would be to create some large planning free zones with minimal rules. I would suspect the result would be far better than what could be planned by Whitehall or the Town Hall. Planning makes Iraq look like a cake-walk. We are not building enough houses and the houses we are building are too small. How to reconcile this with peoples fear of “concreting over the country side” is tough.
A worthy experiment would be to create some large planning free zones with minimal rules. I would suspect the result would be far better than what could be planned by Whitehall or the Town Hall.

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