New Government Bill risks destroying Britain's Past

[Techno]

Anyone else get the 'reply' about this, from 'the powers that be' this fair morn ?

I was watching a couple of old episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister", last night.
The 'reply' sounded like something Sir Humphrey would have written. 

Cheers - Phil

[fsn]

I did. I was taken on a journey of delighted highs, and pitiful lows as I read it. I'm still not sure if anything is going to happen.


I do feel that I'm now on an official government list. 

[Ithoriel]

Pure Newspeak but pretty much what I feared the response would be

Doubleplusungood! 

[Subedai]

I did. I was taken on a journey of delighted highs, and pitiful lows as I read it. I'm still not sure if anything is going to happen.


I do feel that I'm now on an official government list.  

If that's true then I must be quite near the top of the same list!

I got a copy of the party-line drivel as well. This placatory rhetoric is all hot air, even more so if the ba*tards go through with their plans to sell off the Land Registry!

Quick political rant over, back to normality. Move on, nothing to see.

MickS

[toxicpixie]

We'd be better if the current thieving b'stards we didn't actually elect just collected their MP welfare check and went to sleep on the comfy benches, and did nothing.

[Matt J]

I guess I'm the only one who thinks this is a good idea then 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

'fraid I didn't attempt to read it, useless verbiage.

IanS

[Techno]

'fraid I didn't attempt to read it, useless verbiage. IanS

You didn't miss anything, Ian. 
Mike hit the nail on the head.

Cheers - Phil

[Matt J]

While the image of developers merrily bulldozing green fields with undiscovered roman villas beneath and destroying the habitat of the lesser spotted thread warbler is pretty bad this just won't happen.
The current laws that requires these surveys to be carried out on all housing development is frankly bonkers.

I live in an old grade II listed building dating from 1850 with an interesting history (in fact we a had a couple turn up from New Zealand just to see our house - Paulr and Pierre might know them - their ancestor had lived there before emigrating to NZ in 1870). My neighbours house is even older dating back to C16th.
He has been doing up the house and attached was an old derelict cow shed which he planned to add to the house. He applied for planning and listed building consent - no problems. However because it was classed as change of use and a 'housing development', even though it was only 1 room, he had to have environmental and archaeological surveys.

Achaeological survey - guy turns up spends 1/2 hour looking around and a cuppa. Told him there was obviously nothing of interest there and wouldn't have bothered coming really as he'd already spoken to listed buildings and planning.

Environmental study - slightly more involved as we have great crested newts and bats. Guy turns up has a look round and a cuppa says you'l need to put a bat box up neighbour nods yep planning already told him that. Guy buggers off.

Neighbour got the bill £5,500!

It would have been another £2,500 more if the old shed had been a couple of feet closer to the pool as a newt man would have been called out to lay newt trapping nets across his lawn.

He was well p*ssed, money for old rope.

[Techno]

While the image of developers merrily bulldozing green fields with undiscovered roman villas beneath and destroying the habitat of the lesser spotted thread warbler is pretty bad this just won't happen.
Environmental study - slightly more involved as we have great crested newts and bats. Guy turns up has a look round and a cuppa says you'l need to put a bat box up neighbour nods yep planning already told him that. Guy buggers off.
Neighbour got the bill £5,500!
It would have been another £2,500 more if the old shed had been a couple of feet closer to the pool as a newt man would have been called out to lay newt trapping nets across his lawn.
He was well p*ssed, money for old rope.

......Ouch ! 

Got bats 'near' us....But never seen a newt...even in our SSSI bog, which is around 7 acres over the other side of the 'road'.
What tees me off about the bog, is the clouds of biting midges that come from there each 'Summer'.

Can't leave the doors or windows open, when (for once) it actually gets warm over here, unless you want to be eaten alive, or mainline Piriton

Cheers - Phil

[Last Hussar]

But PROFIT!!!!!