cav551:
yourhavingalarf:
Did the…‘Developers’ steal the land or win it in a rigged card game or blackmailed the owners into giving it up?
The blame is equally shared by the previous land-owners who have sold the land for a handsome profit.
To a point, the developers are supplying the market. Only the Spanish build houses that no one lives in.
No they played the system. The typical developer will put forward a proposal which he reckons will be approved by the local council. This will be for x number of the type of house on which he makes the most profit, but will include a small number of ‘affordable homes’ . The Council will eventually approve the development but impose conditions, which will contain various payments for local infrastructure.
The developer then embarks on a long campaign, using data which no-one has a right to see, of extremely technical arguments to prove that he cannot make his legally allowable 20% profit unless he is allowed to use cheaper materials, reduces the number of affordable or any social homes to - in some cases zero - and reduces his payment for schools, doctors’ surgeries, open space on the site and for the infrastructure necessary. The arguments are so complicated that the council is forced to concede to his wishes, because it knows that it cannot justify the expense of arguing the case in court, probably mulitple times.
The result is that local people are completely shafted, rather than getting the homes their youngsters can afford , instead they get gated communities of mansions, or other developments of expensive houses aimed at those who wish to commute, often by road, from big cities while living ‘in the country’. The local people find: they cannot get an appointment at their doctor’s surgery, or like my own doctor, even told they will be removed from the list and told to find another because the boundary is being moved to accommodate new developments; and, because it certainly won’t be or, local roads and the nearby town become gridlocked with traffic for much of the day etc.
Google Viability Assessments and check links like these:
Nice one,much illuminating stuff there,Gladman Developments,is the Cheshire based law firm these plundering ■■■■■■■■■■ utilise when encountering ‘local difficulties’ and they have an almost 100% success rate,in cahoots with the government sanctioned,‘presumption to build’ policy,of eliminating these local protests for folk who have the gall to voice dissent against the uglification of their envoironment.
I made contact with Gladman some time ago.They didn’t appreciate my opinions. 