Why don't people allow necessary houses to be build?

movilogo

The solution is not build more houses but to shut the door to immigrants (OK, at least controlled immigration).

DRP

varghesejim wrote: »

On what basis you are saying the older generation funded themselves adequately? With current life expectancy of close to 90 years pension/healthcare support have to be be for nearly 30 years. Do you think the best fund manager could have managed the NI contributions to match this need? I doubt that.

Like it or not, it is the pyramid scheme which is supporting this countries lifestyle.

Exactly.

The baby boomers are by no means self sufficient, and therefore an injection innumbers of the working population is required.

varghesejim

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Why do you want to move somewhere that is over-capacity anyway?

People want to live in a place with good doctors, schools, shops, employers, entertainment etc. This kind of places tend to get full. What is the alternative? Close the door once in?

lincroft1710

varghesejim wrote: »

With current life expectancy of close to 90 years

I think this trend may actually be in reverse, as one of the "baby boomers" it is surprising how many of my contemporaries have already passed away.

dimbo61

Have a look in CHESHIRE they are building on nearly every field at the moment.
Must be 2/300 hundred developments in Cheshire I kid you not

lincroft1710

There is only one set of people who stop houses being built - council planners and planning committees, and even they can be overruled on appeal.

fairy_lights

If the developers say they will move the allotments elsewhere after they build on them, why can't they just build the houses on the site they would move the allotments to?
I agree that we need to build more houses but I think that green space is massively important, which is something a lot of new developments seem to lack.

lincroft1710

dimbo61 wrote: »

Have a look in CHESHIRE they are building on nearly every field at the moment.
Must be 2/300 hundred developments in Cheshire I kid you not

My former hometown is the same, loads of brownfield/infill development completed or approved, plus a large greenfield site.

martinsurrey

lincroft1710 wrote: »

There is only one set of people who stop houses being built - council planners and planning committees, and even they can be overruled on appeal.

exactly

Plans submitted to build 450 houses on the edge of a new build estate in Reading - Jan 2012

http://www2.basingstoke.gov.uk/DocumentViewer/?DocumentClassCode=DC&Folder1Reference=BDB/75761

refused by local council

appeal refused by council

appeal allowed by secretary of state - September 13

that's 2 years of work to get planning (not to forget the expense of doing it all!)

http://www2.basingstoke.gov.uk/DocumentViewer/?DocumentClassCode=DC&Folder1Reference=BDB/75761

varghesejim

fairy_lights wrote: »

If the developers say they will move the allotments elsewhere after they build on them, why can't they just build the houses on the site they would move the allotments to?
I agree that we need to build more houses but I think that green space is massively important, which is something a lot of new developments seem to lack.

Most of the places where the current houses stand was green at some point.