| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:24-storey high tower block next to Chiswick roundabout | |
| Posted by: | Justin Stephenson | |
| Date/Time: | 10/01/23 11:53:00 |
| It is rare that Councilors on planning committees are corrupt or become over sympathetic to developers. What is unfortunately common is that planning officers knowing that their long term future will be in the private sector as planning consultants become too developer friendly, that is not the same as being corrupt because usually no money or promises are made to the officer. It is not just planning officers that this happens to, there is even a name for it "regulator capture". There is most definitely evidence that the planning system has become too favourable to developers but what Councils and Councilors frequently forget to mention is that a large proportion of the cases of "developers gaming the system" is due to the fact that the Councils have failed to comply with long standing law, usually by not adopting a local plan (or not updating it as required by law) |