There's a revolving door between councils and property developers. It's most councils, not just Ealing and Hounslow. Lambert posted this on the Brentford forum. 'The reality is that local councils have very limited influence on who buys land, decides what they want to build, and when, and who they target as purchasers. Of course, major applications come to planning committee but developers are mostly interested in making a profit and any attempt to reduce the developers net profit below 20% net will regularly be appealed and the inspector will normally find in the developers' favour in that instance. Of course as a local authority we try and get the best outcome we can but we live in a world ruled by largely unfettered capitalism and frankly if the Chinese, Americans, Saudis or Irish can outbid locals they will win.' I understand they're bound within existing planning laws but  the system needs to change. It's not right that there's a shrugs of the shoulders and that's the way it is. This should be about homes and not safety deposit boxes for overseas investors.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	27/04/23 19:25:00	Peter King
Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	27/04/23 19:41:00	Claire Moran
Re:Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	27/04/23 19:58:00	Julian Pavey
Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	28/04/23 14:30:00	Basil Finnis
Re:Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	28/04/23 19:23:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	29/04/23 10:12:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	29/04/23 12:41:00	Basil Finnis
Re:Re:Re:Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	30/04/23 08:57:00	Vanessa Smith
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Coming soon to a skyline near us, maybe you too soon	30/04/23 13:40:00	N V Brooks

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