| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | |
| Posted by: | Adam Beamish | |
| Date/Time: | 28/01/20 14:53:00 |
| Tracie, I'm not posting this as a defence of any Councillors as such, but it's very easy for 'Joe Public' to come on forums like this and criticise both local government officers and elected Councillors in the belief that they don't do enough on behalf of residents. The reality is that 'Joe Public' doesn't appreciate the confines Officers and Councillors have to work within when making planning decisions, as though if you were a Councillor things would be different. Trust me, they wouldn't be, and if you tried to make decisions on the basis of 'non-material planning considerations' you'd soon find yourself removed from the Planning Committee. My job brings me into contact with Planning Officers every day of the week and regularly into contact with Councillors, as it has done for over 20 years, both as a Council Officer, for a housebuilder, for a multi-disciplinary consultancy and as a sole trader. As with any line of work such people are a mixed bag, but on the whole I'd say most Councillors do their best to try to balance the wishes of their constituents with the constraints of the legislation and regulations they have to make decisions within. Which I admire them for, if Mrs. Smith comes to me and says "Adam, I want you to object to this development because I'm a NIMBY" I can say "sorry, there's nothing wrong with it in planning terms, so you're wasting my time" - neither an Officer or a Councillor can do that. The thrust of all my posts is basically that everything you say makes complete sense, but the planning system is disjointed and is likely to always be so. As for not living in London or Brentford, I still spend several days every month in the capital, indeed I'm sat in a hotel overlooking the British Library now. I'm not suggesting for a minute that mass relocation is a solution, each to their own, many people I know of all ages love London for everything it has to offer and I lived in Brentford for over 16 years. It's just not for me now, and that's purely personal, by my own admission I'm very much my own person and tend to be happiest going against the grain, and for me when I'm in London I look at the crowded public transport, the 25 person deep queues in a Sainsburys Local yesterday lunchtime, the struggle to walk down the street because there's so many people and everyone is lost in their phones, and to me it's such a lemming like existence during the working week that the benefits don't outweigh the negatives. But it's great for everyone that some people think the benefits outweigh the negatives. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 11:10:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 12:22:00 | Carol Jean Lamb |
| Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 12:30:00 | Paul Fisher |
| Re:Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 12:52:00 | Eric Baker |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 13:22:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 13:35:00 | Frank DeWet |
| Reply | 24/01/20 14:22:00 | N V Brooks |
| Re:Reply | 24/01/20 15:22:00 | Pat Kingham |
| Reply | 24/01/20 15:56:00 | N V Brooks |
| Re: A message for L&Q - Morrisons site | 24/01/20 16:28:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Reply | 24/01/20 16:28:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Reply | 25/01/20 06:38:00 | Nicholas Beard |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/01/20 09:08:00 | Raymond Havelock |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/01/20 11:41:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/01/20 12:45:00 | Jennifer Selig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 25/01/20 13:41:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 26/01/20 12:16:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 26/01/20 16:14:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 26/01/20 16:24:00 | Jennifer Selig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 26/01/20 16:25:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 27/01/20 19:51:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 28/01/20 07:48:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 28/01/20 14:53:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 29/01/20 07:14:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 29/01/20 09:44:00 | Peter Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 01/02/20 08:52:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 01/02/20 10:33:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 01/02/20 16:31:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 02/02/20 13:49:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Limted LA powers | 02/02/20 18:25:00 | Peter Evans |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/02/20 01:28:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/02/20 01:33:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/02/20 08:46:00 | Adam Beamish |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/02/20 11:07:00 | Tracie Dudley Craig |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 03/02/20 17:34:00 | Adam Beamish |