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London apartment block that deviates from plans must be torn down, says council (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 12 points 3 years ago (7 children)

I don't know anything about planning / building, but does the planning office not inspect sites periodically to make sure the plans are being followed?

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  • [–] [S] 34 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Well

    only one in 10 council planning departments are fully staffed, with 13% operating with fewer than three-quarters of posts filled

    with

    80% [of local authorities] reporting they did not have enough officers to carry out their workload

    because

    long-term cuts to funding have had a visible impact on planning departments’ ability to retain staff... there has been a 43% fall in resources to the planning system from local authorities since 2009-10.

    https://www.lgcplus.com/services/regeneration-and-planning/planning-people-go-from-council-to-council-chasing-the-money-17-05-2023/

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I'm betting, based on how much building is going on along the Greenwich riverside, that this was approved pre-covid, then when the costs started rising afterward they thought they could cut corners to save a few bob.

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