Making the news today....

[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

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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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,

[Steven P]

51 minutes ago, Stere said:

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

WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM

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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?

 

 

However... don't need 5 bedrooms, 6 toilets and 5 car spaces next to a leafy riverside setting. Larger than average flat, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, car parking round the back and a few communal visitors spots, that would do me

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Johnsond said:

What would sort the housing problem?? 

I was more concerned about the scrapping of environmental protections rather than the building of more homes. But anyway......

 

Housing problem solutions, in no particular order;-

Contraception

Less ensuite toilets

More brownfield development

Less cars

More barges

Less games rooms/home cinemas/garages

More terraced housing

Less retail parks

More flights to the other side of the world

Less lobbying and donations by housing developers

More bikes and cycling

Less building on floodplains

More honest politicians

Less car washing

More multigenerational house occupancy, (like those multiculturalists do)

Less showering

More flats for single occupancy

Less paved over front gardens