tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post115908171693568087..comments2023-11-03T08:40:33.012+00:00Comments on Forceful and Moderate: I can't believe we just passed that...Femme de Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159215621074587462006-09-25T21:20:00.000+01:002006-09-25T21:20:00.000+01:00Paul Griffiths, The point I was making about EasyH...Paul Griffiths, <BR/><BR/>The point I was making about EasyHomes is that it is significantly easier to get planning permission for executive detatched homes with a few "affordable" homes given away to a housing association under a s106 agreement than it is to get planning permission for affordable homes to be sold to owner occupiers. <BR/><BR/>As you say, every house needs attendant LibertyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327971200259765958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159164510950428492006-09-25T07:08:00.000+01:002006-09-25T07:08:00.000+01:00Even if we tripled the build we have no evidence t...<B>Even if we tripled the build we have no evidence that the average £219k for 3 bed house would reduce to affordable £84k.</B><BR/><BR/>Why wouldn't private developers build appropriate housing? Wealthy incomers and local carers, farmers, etc. want different types of accommodation. Is this about maintaining the character of an area? On a theoretical level (I understand the political realities Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159109830289263042006-09-24T15:57:00.000+01:002006-09-24T15:57:00.000+01:00About the date of the linked paper. Yes, you're ri...About the date of the linked paper. Yes, you're right. That particular housing paper was 2005 [embarrassment]. LibertyCat tells me there was apparently a housing fringe or policy (probably a fringe) at Brighton this time along the same lines and I *thought* that was it. It does keep popping up, and was something I was keen to blog about. I went to a fringe last year about the same thing.<BR/><BR/Femme de Resistancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159105931131583422006-09-24T14:52:00.000+01:002006-09-24T14:52:00.000+01:00LC, unless you’re suggesting that easyJet aircraft...LC, unless you’re suggesting that easyJet aircraft don’t meet aviation regulations, I don’t understand the point you’re attempting to make.<BR/><BR/>There is undoubtedly a demand for low cost, no frills homes in certain areas. Why is Sir Stelios and his ilk not attempting to meet it? If the answer is that land with planning permission is too expensive because it is too scarce, how much less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159104190222393762006-09-24T14:23:00.000+01:002006-09-24T14:23:00.000+01:00I for one think that Sir Stelios would be building...I for one think that Sir Stelios would be building EasyHomes in a heartbeat if the planning system didn't make it illegal.LibertyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327971200259765958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159103200365087482006-09-24T14:06:00.000+01:002006-09-24T14:06:00.000+01:00Ms de Resistance, normally I agree with everything...Ms de Resistance, normally I agree with everything you say, but in this case I think you are way off.<BR/><BR/>First, this paper was adopted at Harrogate back in 2005.<BR/><BR/>Second, the South Shropshire Golden Share scheme does take account of need, but further refines it to local need. You seem to be suggesting either that the council facilitate no affordable housing at all, or provide it on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159094861328890092006-09-24T11:47:00.000+01:002006-09-24T11:47:00.000+01:00You are right that you cannot solve this problem b...You are right that you cannot solve this problem by the provision of locals-only housing alone. There also needs to be a strategy to create local jobs and there needs to be a supply of affordable housing to rent. We should not be wedded to the idea that home ownership is the be all and end all. Still this is an English policy, we can set our own standards in Wales.Peter Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16370260756872929021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159092966734058812006-09-24T11:16:00.000+01:002006-09-24T11:16:00.000+01:00Well I agree with you that the problem can't be so...Well I agree with you that the problem can't be solved by housing policy alone. <BR/><BR/>Regional weighting for public sector pay is certainly worth looking at, although there is a danger that it in turn could make the affordable housing problem even worse.<BR/><BR/>In my view the real underlying issue is the massive difference in the economy between London and the South East and the Regions. Liberal Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550999774301073111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1159090072157587792006-09-24T10:27:00.000+01:002006-09-24T10:27:00.000+01:00I would have thought you'd have to search quite ha...I would have thought you'd have to search quite hard to find many brownfield sites in South Shropshire. What there is though is lots of space - you could build whole new villages in land that is just sucking up agricultural subsidies now.<BR/><BR/>The thrust of your piece is right though.Bishop Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914977525290282450noreply@blogger.com