Field behind our property will be a housing estate
Discussion
blueg33 said:
In my experience the best thing to find to stop the development is one of the largest Roman Villas in Europe buried on site.
I've just had a leaflet through the door about a proposed development of 50 houses up the road from me, it's right next to a Roman Fort. Literally right next to it. It's pretty inevitable that there's something in the site, but how would you go about ensuring it was found and taken account of?Most of the village is already up in arms about another 150 house scheme, so can't imagine this is going to go down well!
I don't see how the larger scheme is viable given the access from the village is up a narrow street that is clogged with cars as it is, but I'm not strongly against the development. Much of the argument against seems to be that the town centre will die because no one can get parked to buy stuff because of all the other cars parked there. Oblivious to the fact that those people are parked there because they're buying stuff and the entire village is in walking distance of the centre. Bizarre arguments.
Anyway, my only real objection is that if I were to buy a part of either of these fields I would have no chance of planning permission. But if I wanted to build 200 of them then that seems to be OK. I'd like to be able to build my own house one day, but it's pretty difficult to get a site and permission, unless you have the capital to build your house and 49 neighbours. Grrrrr.
paulrockliffe said:
blueg33 said:
In my experience the best thing to find to stop the development is one of the largest Roman Villas in Europe buried on site.
I've just had a leaflet through the door about a proposed development of 50 houses up the road from me, it's right next to a Roman Fort. Literally right next to it. It's pretty inevitable that there's something in the site, but how would you go about ensuring it was found and taken account of?Most of the village is already up in arms about another 150 house scheme, so can't imagine this is going to go down well!
I don't see how the larger scheme is viable given the access from the village is up a narrow street that is clogged with cars as it is, but I'm not strongly against the development. Much of the argument against seems to be that the town centre will die because no one can get parked to buy stuff because of all the other cars parked there. Oblivious to the fact that those people are parked there because they're buying stuff and the entire village is in walking distance of the centre. Bizarre arguments.
Anyway, my only real objection is that if I were to buy a part of either of these fields I would have no chance of planning permission. But if I wanted to build 200 of them then that seems to be OK. I'd like to be able to build my own house one day, but it's pretty difficult to get a site and permission, unless you have the capital to build your house and 49 neighbours. Grrrrr.
Pothole said:
funkyrobot said:
Pothole said:
funkyrobot said:
Pothole said:
funkyrobot said:
dtmpower said:
funkyrobot said:
department has seen the opening of loads of European mini markets and gambling shops in the local town, whilst other types of shop have closed.
What's this got to do with housing ?They are European shops. Some are Polish based, some are Portugese based etc. They aren't all Eastern European.
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
SpeckledJim said:
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
- Can you remember when this was all fields?
SpeckledJim said:
SpeckledJim said:
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
- Can you remember when this was all fields?
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
WinstonWolf said:
SpeckledJim said:
SpeckledJim said:
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
- Can you remember when this was all fields?
Ting!
- bad thing!
SpeckledJim said:
WinstonWolf said:
SpeckledJim said:
SpeckledJim said:
WinstonWolf said:
Pothole said:
WinstonWolf said:
. Do we really want to encourage a bunch of pissheads to loiter in the town centre?
Nope. How does building houses in NIMBY's line of sight cause that to happen?Why would you assume I have no local knowledge?
So what's your local knowledge then?
- Can you remember when this was all fields?
Ting!
- bad thing!
garyhun said:
The lesson for anyone purchasing a house overlooking fields; they may not be fields for ever.
A few years ago we visited a friend of my wife's who had just bought a home near Basingstoke. As they showed us their decent size garden, nice view and walk in wardrobe I tbought "make the most of that view and quiet as that's prime developmemt land". Late last year she was all over facebook saying how disgusting it was that they were building there and they should think of the bats!They were also disgusted that when her parents let their dogs roam all day in the fields, they were found shot by the farmer.
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