Why EU rules are not to blame for not enough houses being built in Britain - and therefore why getting rid of old EU rules will not solve the problem You’d have figured that the one unavoidable benefit of Brexit would be that the British government would no longer be able to blame their own mistakes and missteps on the EU. Turns out we don’t even get that much for comfort. Sunak and his crew have decided to tell everyone that a major obstacle to house building in this country over the last decade has been…….the EU Habitats Directive. It’s all the EU’s fault, as usual. They’ve said they’ll get rid of this piece of European Union “red tape”, left over from before we got our freedom back, and then everything will start to happen on the house building front.
I suppose in this context I am a "traditional tory voter" (God forbid) - pro Europe, markets manufacturing, exports, savings and responsibility - but also pro conservation and landscape and wildlife habitat preservation. As expected, the lunacy of Brexit results in ever more desperate actions and reactions.
A quick word on "Nimbyism" : The planning system is already tilted in favour of developers- and once something is built, it usually stays built - no matter how ugly, unsuitable or unwanted. We can probably all cite unwanted local extentions, upbuilds, down-builds etc, which in recent years have been waved through - and which serve no other purpose than personal convenience and personal greed.
I suppose in this context I am a "traditional tory voter" (God forbid) - pro Europe, markets manufacturing, exports, savings and responsibility - but also pro conservation and landscape and wildlife habitat preservation. As expected, the lunacy of Brexit results in ever more desperate actions and reactions.
A quick word on "Nimbyism" : The planning system is already tilted in favour of developers- and once something is built, it usually stays built - no matter how ugly, unsuitable or unwanted. We can probably all cite unwanted local extentions, upbuilds, down-builds etc, which in recent years have been waved through - and which serve no other purpose than personal convenience and personal greed.