tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post3678075858928391842..comments2024-03-28T16:31:54.494-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Enough layers of planning ensure that disaster is not left to chanceBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-63296096285894107342012-07-10T16:25:10.870-04:002012-07-10T16:25:10.870-04:00its really very difficult to imagine about any typ...its really very difficult to imagine about any type disaster am really get scared whenever i heard about such disaster news in nearby our area....Safety Productshttp://armorbear.com/productsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-53816828055870869922012-07-10T08:31:30.692-04:002012-07-10T08:31:30.692-04:00There's plenty enough of this particular brand...There's plenty enough of this particular brand of codswallop on this side of the pond, too. Check out the "New Urbanism" sometime. Kunstler (hawk ptooey) has been panting for years to round up everybody and herd 'em into Bauhaus cubes, disguised with a little gingerbread, and a few latte stands for <i>ersatz*</i> atmosphere. <br /><br />When the gingerbread falls off and the latte stands are banned in the latest round of the War on Obesity(tm), the tenement blocks will still be there.<br /><br />*German chosen over French (<i>faux</i>) deliberately, Godwin be damned.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-81605005441497561012012-07-09T23:35:54.586-04:002012-07-09T23:35:54.586-04:00Congratulations you have recommended building a ci...Congratulations you have recommended building a city that would stretch from Dover to Bristol to Manchester/Sheffield and I know you would all,be dying to live in that concrete hell hole. Planning regulations may suck badly but have you ever bothered to talk to your local town planner in the USA, they buy their cookie cutter rules from the land of wonderful ideas California. They are just as insane with as much red tape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-11111767030647905192012-07-09T20:53:40.162-04:002012-07-09T20:53:40.162-04:00My guess is a cabal of twenty something liberal ar...My guess is a cabal of twenty something liberal arts graduates concerned about the danger of pointy horns.kx59https://www.blogger.com/profile/04145047517803465867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-68411271477786781892012-07-09T17:59:01.327-04:002012-07-09T17:59:01.327-04:00Which member of the committee's idea were the ...Which member of the committee's idea were the bobbly horns on a giraffe?Luton Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-61375349243604259042012-07-09T17:24:34.456-04:002012-07-09T17:24:34.456-04:00The more people involved in planning the bigger th...The more people involved in planning the bigger the mess it becomes.<br />Design committee sets out to design an Arabian horse, by the time every participant's input is duly noted, regardless of how stupid, said horse has morphed into a Camel with air bags.kx59https://www.blogger.com/profile/04145047517803465867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-46935703474789902632012-07-09T16:38:30.528-04:002012-07-09T16:38:30.528-04:00You presume that the stated reason (Let's keep...You presume that the stated reason (Let's keep Formerly Great Britain green) is the real reason. <br /><br />What if the real reason is to maintain the high property prices while making lower income city dwellers as miserable as possible?<br /><br />A pissed off proletariat, smarting under extremely high rents, is easy to lead around by the nose.Sean D Sorrentinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02710448105506060349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-41057195181939063252012-07-09T14:10:13.679-04:002012-07-09T14:10:13.679-04:00Back in my college days, we discovered that every ...Back in my college days, we discovered that every time SERPLAN (South East Regional Planning board) announced plans to build on the green belt around London, a property price crash was only a few days away.<br /><br />A friend who's job entails making planning applications in Britian, was showing me some:<br /><br />One had around 25 conditions attached, each one required a fee of £85 to be paid for a bureaucrat to come out to ensure compliance.<br /><br />Another application was approaching 20 changes requested by the council, each change they requested, netted them a £1k fee.<br /><br />A different friend is a prison guard, who used to look after Albie Dryden, the man who shot a planning officer dead in front of the BBC's cameras.Luton Iannoreply@blogger.com