Planning Application Thought for the Day - Wednesday

How will controls of the development be provided?

Well, according to the Environmental Impact Statement Chapter 1, section 5.132, page 63:

“Any conditions imposed in respect of the use of the various components of the site will be the subject of scrutiny by adjoining uses (sic) and future residents, as a result of the mixed-use nature of the proposals which include residential development. This provides in-built monitoring of the site.”

What this means: how will we able to tell if the developer breaks the rules? We will rely on the shop-keepers, neighbours or the residents of the site to spot that we have done something wrong and tell somebody who will put it right so we do not think that any other kind of monitoring programme is necessary.

This is like saying: “I’m a doctor, I’ve killed a hundred patients. I expect current and future patients to spot this, so no-one else needs to check on me”!