"#NIMBYs would be quite happy to bulldoze a quarter-mile of #countryside if it means they avoid a single truck driving up their road each day for a few months."

https://martinrobbins.substack.com/p/i-visit-britains-most-expensive-farm

#localpolitics
#localplanning
#planninglaws
#environment

I visited Britain's most expensive farm track

A dispute over a farm track in Buckinghamshire could cost taxpayers 'tens of millions' in delays to HS2 after local NIMBYs blocked a minor upgrade. I went to see that the fuss was about.

The Value of Nothing
‘Urban Green Space Project’ for Bitterne Precinct

Plans for Bitterne

‘Urban Green Space Project’ for Bitterne Precinct

Plans for Bitterne

"Rural Britain outside national parks is currently vulnerable to policy turmoil. Governments protect hills but pollute rivers, they guard trees but tip rubbish."
Shredding the green belt is a recipe for disaster. We need a saner planning policy | Simon Jenkins | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/26/shredding-green-belt-recipe-for-disaster-planning-policy-housing

#Environment #GreenBelt #LocalPlanning #HousingCrisis #englishcountryside

Shredding the green belt is a recipe for disaster. We need a saner planning policy

One of the great creations of postwar Britain is under threat from the housing crisis – it doesn’t have to be this way, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian