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London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by merridew to c/unitedkingdom

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[–] blackn1ght 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know anything about planning / building, but does the planning office not inspect sites periodically to make sure the plans are being followed?

[–] merridew 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well

only one in 10 council planning departments are fully staffed, with 13% operating with fewer than three-quarters of posts filled

with

80% [of local authorities] reporting they did not have enough officers to carry out their workload

because

long-term cuts to funding have had a visible impact on planning departments’ ability to retain staff... there has been a 43% fall in resources to the planning system from local authorities since 2009-10.

https://www.lgcplus.com/services/regeneration-and-planning/planning-people-go-from-council-to-council-chasing-the-money-17-05-2023/

[–] Risk 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honest to god. Every time the curtain is peeled back on any aspect of our country, the damage that has been done since 2010 makes me reel.

[–] peter 2 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, come election time the media will be non stop focusing on starmer saying something questionable and the tories will be voted in again