Making the news today....

[Steven P]

this link is a few years old but I am sure £11 million 3 years ago (and the rest before and since) has nothing to do with this then?

Exclusive: Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year

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Conservatives accused of being ‘in hock’ to developers as donations from property and construction soars amid ‘cash for access’ accusations against housing secretary Robert Jenrick.

 

 

 

..looking forward to the day when I don't see a tree on my commute, just flats, sorry apartments

[Johnsond]

Moment knife thugs armed with huge machetes brawl in street in front of crowds of revellers at Notting Hill carnival - with final day 'marred by violence' as eight are stabbed and police officer is sexually assaulted | Daily Mail Online

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Shocking photos show the moment Notting Hill revellers waved machetes around in the street...

Meanwhile in our multicultural capital 🤷‍♂️. I’d say Khan has more pressing issues than shafting motorists. 

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, sime42 said:

Ministers propose scrapping pollution rules to build more homes

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The government says removing EU-era pollution restrictions on developments could "unblock" 100,000 new homes.

 

Nice. This'll sort the sewage problem.

What would sort the housing problem?? 

[Mark Bolam]

Less people.

[doobin]

4 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Less people.

And the easiest way to start with is less immigration. 

[Slicer Dicer]

2 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

Less people.

The amount of house building going on even currently is crazy. Can't wait to see what the UK looks like in a 100yrs time at this rate😡

[Steven P]

The predictions are that in Scotland the population will decrease in the mid 2030s, about 10 years time, and in England 2045 to 2050 the prediction is a declining population. Population growth at the moment is fuelled by immigration, which if the Torys ever get their way will be stopped within a few weeks.

 

No problem building houses, I think the article is more to do with relaxing the environmental standards then the numbers of houses being built.

 

Perhaps however we don't need to build houses so close to rivers for this to be a problem (I always thought that a house near a river is a flood risk? Maybe I am wrong).

 

Personal view here is that instead of ripping up all the green spaces, pave paradise and put up a parking lot, that the existing housing stock should be replaced and refurbished... but this is too expensive for those that make big political donations..... The young, those that struggle to get on the housing ladder don't necessarily need an executive home, 3 car drive, a double garage and more toilets than bedrooms. To get the young on the housing ladder they want smaller places - flats maybe - near stuff rather than lifeless estates filled with executives and BMWs

[Johnsond]

20 minutes ago, Steven P said:

The predictions are that in Scotland the population will decrease in the mid 2030s, about 10 years time, and in England 2045 to 2050 the prediction is a declining population. Population growth at the moment is fuelled by immigration, which if the Torys ever get their way will be stopped within a few weeks.

 

No problem building houses, I think the article is more to do with relaxing the environmental standards then the numbers of houses being built.

 

Perhaps however we don't need to build houses so close to rivers for this to be a problem (I always thought that a house near a river is a flood risk? Maybe I am wrong).

 

Personal view here is that instead of ripping up all the green spaces, pave paradise and put up a parking lot, that the existing housing stock should be replaced and refurbished... but this is too expensive for those that make big political donations..... The young, those that struggle to get on the housing ladder don't necessarily need an executive home, 3 car drive, a double garage and more toilets than bedrooms. To get the young on the housing ladder they want smaller places - flats maybe - near stuff rather than lifeless estates filled with executives and BMWs

Quite frankly if those predictions are correct I’m pleased I won’t be around ( if I get that far) to see this multi cultural built upon immigration version of the UK. 

[Stere]

Alot more single occupancy houses now that there used to be and set to increase?

 

Nearly one in seven Britons could live alone by 2039, study shows | Communities | The Guardian

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ONS also says those already on own are less financially secure than couples without children

 

So even if pop isn't increasing  means  more homes needed?

[eggsarascal]

4 hours ago, sime42 said:

Ministers propose scrapping pollution rules to build more homes

WWW.BBC.CO.UK

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The government says removing EU-era pollution restrictions on developments could "unblock" 100,000 new homes.

 

Nice. This'll sort the sewage problem.

Having nearly 30 years in the wastewater industry I don’t think there is an answer, years ago works were in the middle of nowhere, sewage farms, when they were turned into sewage treatment plants they were still in the middle of nowhere, over the years all the land around treatment plants was sold off for housing, there simply isn’t the space to increase capacity. EO’s were always consented in storm conditions, now pumping stations and works go into EO due to lack of capacity. I can’t see it changing any time soon,