[John_D]

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:05 am  

cod'ead wrote: More on the relaxing of planning regulations: Developers sitting on 400,000 plots with planning permission granted Now imagine if they were to be charged LVT It's almost as if they were waiting to see if the results of their lobbying would remove the requirement to build affordable homes.

cod'ead wrote: More on the relaxing of planning regulations: Developers sitting on 400,000 plots with planning permission granted Now imagine if they were to be charged LVT It's almost as if they were waiting to see if the results of their lobbying would remove the requirement to build affordable homes.

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:36 am  

cod'ead wrote:

It will be interesting to see how mortgage providers and insurance companies will view any property with an extension that didn't go through the planning process.

I'd be more concerned if it missed the Building Control process, rather than the planning.

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:52 am  

rover49 wrote:

I'd be more concerned if it missed the Building Control process, rather than the planning.

How would that work then if there's no requirement to submit plans?

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:07 am  

John_D wrote: New junior health minister with questions to answer

John_D wrote: New junior health minister with questions to answer

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:24 am  

This bunch do seem to rack up liars more than most don't they?

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:48 am  

cod'ead wrote:

How would that work then if there's no requirement to submit plans?

presumably it would work that it works currently for work that doesn't need planning permission i.e. an extension less than 3m from the house.

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:48 am  

cod'ead wrote:

rover49 wrote:

I'd be more concerned if it missed the Building Control process, rather than the planning.

How would that work then if there's no requirement to submit plans?

You have to submit a building regs notice for any extension even if it doesn't need planning. You could probably ignore it if you wished, but you could do that with planning permission too. You might be more likely to get caught building without planning permission as I don't think building regs submissions can be checked on council websites in the same way. However it would probably still get asked for if a mortgage surveyor noticed a recent extension.

I don't get how its going to help developers much though. Planning permission isn't difficult or overly expensive as long as you're not in a listed building or proposing to do anything stupid, which is what its supposed to prevent anyway.

[Kosh]

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:11 am  

Mintball wrote:

It's like they don't care.

If I were a Tory MP in anything other than a gold-plated safe seat I'd be very worried right now. Looks as if the current incumbents have accepted that they'll only be a single-term government and are actively getting their snouts - and those of their mates - as deeply in the trough as possible while it lasts.

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:30 am  

Kosh wrote:

If I were a Tory MP in anything other than a gold-plated safe seat I'd be very worried right now. Looks as if the current incumbents have accepted that they'll only be a single-term government and are actively getting their snouts - and those of their mates - as deeply in the trough as possible while it lasts.

It's a concern, especially that thirteen years wasn't enough to wind back even half of the damage that the previous tory administration had wrought and that was through a relative boom, compared to the prevailing economic conditions.

Labour could do worse than look back at the proposals and actions under Attlee and to a lesser extent Gaitskell. There's a dire need for affordable, social housing and with a little imagination, it shouldn't be too difficult to find the investment to finance such projects.

Re: Cabinet reshuffle : Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:19 pm  

I can't decide whether these morons have detestable faces because we know what they're like, or having a detestable face is a prerequisite of this c*ntlition government