Housing

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If the land is worth x as farmland and the council allows planning permission then it’s worth y then who should gain from that?


In my opinion it should be the council on our behalf who gave the planning permission that realise the gain. After all, it is us who lose the unspoilt farmland and have houses there instead and we will also have to provide amenities for those new houses from the public purse.
The system just now is not working and is discouraging building in favour of speculating. We need building to be happening a lot faster.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b2348000.html

More here. It’s a good policy. Not sure if Labour will see it through though.


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I live in the countryside. When I moved here in 1989 there were 13 houses. There are now 29. The farmer who owned the land sold it as individual plots for development. He benefited financially from the sales. Why should anyone else benefit from his enterprise?

My biggest town is Perth, currently expanding north and west to the tune of 5,000 or so houses. But also schools, retail and other amenities as part of the planning approval. If this isn't happening where you live then it is down to your local authority. But Perth and Kinross is getting added value from developers.