NEWS: The Construction Index October 17,2019
Bidwells launch their “Radical Regeneration Manifesto”
Further to our Breaking News item of October 15, here’s some more details about how major landowners, property consultants and developers want to speed up destruction of our environment for profit.
The Construction Index reports “The so-called Oxford-Cambridge Arc has been identified by government as a region for growth but developers fear being stymied by a planning system that gives opponents to developments a voice.
A document claiming to represent the views of a host of property developers is calling for the creation of a development agency with special planning and compulsory purchase powers to drive through a swathe of central southern England.”
The report continues “The call for special fast-track planning powers across the belt comes in The Radical Regeneration Manifesto produced by property consultant Bidwells, architect Perkins & Will and public relations spinners Blackstock Consulting.”
You can see The Construction Index full article here.
Bidwells own website under a banner of “Radical Regeneration Maniesto - Coming Soon” says “Property consultants Bidwells, global architects Perkins + Will and strategic consultancy Blackstock have brought together 25 built environment industry leaders representing a market with assets totalling over £50bn to think big about UK regeneration and its next economic powerhouse, the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.”
This Bidwells video makes it sound nice.. fab new exciting jobs for younger people and future generations…. BUT it doesn’t tell you about their desire for special planning and compulsory purchase powers… they say the want the politics out of planning… yes our democratically elected officials, who don’t always get things right, but are answerable to us! Do they want us out of planning too? Sounds like it!
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