Ian Stronge<p>For major <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanningUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanningUK</span></a> is broken. </p><p>Here is a high-profile example from central <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> but similar examples are floundering in many large towns &amp; cities. </p><p>That's not to say the proposed designs are always the best, because the lack of partnership with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LocalCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalCommunities</span></a> condemns <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/architects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>architects</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planners</span></a> to play pass-the-parcel with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanningGuidance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanningGuidance</span></a> treated as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PlanningRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanningRules</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://www.fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2023/12/03/new-entrance-to-london-bridge-station-scrapped-as-development-blocked/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fromthemurkydepths.co.uk/2023/</span><span class="invisible">12/03/new-entrance-to-london-bridge-station-scrapped-as-development-blocked/</span></a></p>