Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Building on Green Belt land.

date posted 12th February 2003 17:28

"I think with the population of the uk cracking on to 60 million, about 3
times that of Australia,".....

best move to Oz then........I'd go tomorrow if I could..........



----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kyle" [EMAIL REMOVED]
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Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM [OT] Building on Green Belt land.


> Hello All,
>
> If the area of land is an area where the planners have been ordered to
open
> to development as part of John Prescots regime to curtail the housing
> shortage, you haven'e a hope in hells chance of stopping it. Just out of
> interest, where would everybody like new properties to be built inin what
> style and how would you make them affordable. Building on greenbelt is an
> unfortunate side effect of a housing shortage, an over populated country
and
> high house prices. I have heard loads of people complaining about building
> on green belt land and they complain twice as hard when it comes to the
high
> price of housing. I find it hard to believe all the people complaining are
> likely to ask for the reintroduction of the building of 'ugly 1960s' high
> rise tower blocks so we can have cheap accomodation when everybody seems
to
> want to live in a 4 bedroomed detached house with a few trees knocking
about
> as long as they weren't the ones who actually built the house on green
belt,
> they just bought it off those who built it on the green belt they are
> absolved of all guilt.
>
> I think with the population of the uk cracking on to 60 million, about 3
> times that of Australia, I think there is no realistic way to stop
building
> on green belt land if everybody has this obsessive desire to get away from
> the smoke and cars.
>
> 2p worth
>
> Best Regards,
>
> John Kyle
>
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