For major #developments #PlanningUK is broken.
Here is a high-profile example from central #London but similar examples are floundering in many large towns & cities.
That's not to say the proposed designs are always the best, because the lack of partnership with #LocalCommunities condemns #architects and #planners to play pass-the-parcel with #PlanningGuidance treated as #PlanningRules.
Money (esp #BusinessRates) trumps #PublicAmenity (incl #CapabilityBrown) & diminishes the adjoining public #WimbledonPark
#AELTC already creams all the annual #TouristReceipts apart from a few #DrivewayEntrepreneurs selling snacks to entry queues
As for employment, tournament stewards are just #TempJobs for 2 weeks
#Merton site is at the border with #Wandsworth so their councillors didn't get a vote
No #housing, not even tied housing...
Ian Stronge