Car Port? Please Build the Parthenon

Man of Action Posted on June 27, 2013 Posted in News

A Parish Council in Cumbria took umbrage when a village resident proposed to attach a steel car port to his garage. Parish Councillors asked that instead of steel, the structure be constructed using a pitched roof, on brick/stone pillars. Pearson Planning resolved the matter quickly and the Council granted planning permission without delay (or alteration).

Edinburgh, 12 November, and Ivan McKee MSP announced to the national assembly that work on introducing a Community Infrstructure Levy in Scotland is “stopped”. Ivan ‘the terrible’ McKee recognised that the Levy was not welcome. There is a general acceptance, too, that much needed house building is being stalled by disproportionate obligation demands, and as Ivan says “unpredictable, costly and lengthy” planning application processes. McKee, branded ‘the terrible’ because of His handling of public finances north of the Cheviots, offers only one solution: higher planning fees! Genius! Increasing (again) authority revenues is not the solution. The vast majority of applications are determined by individual Officers (many of which have no professional qualifications) without the right of appeal. This needs to stop. SNP Government spending for 2023-2024 had a negative fiscal balance of -£22 billion. This must stop.