Has the op conducted hashtag prayers for Lebanon, Mexico, Russia and Syria? Abeg, move over joor!!
#AllLivesMatter

Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent a strong warning earlier that if Ed Miliband won the UK election, EVERY Igbo man will drown in the River Thames. Labour done carry last!!

SirShymexx:


Some folks are best ignored. How do you expect someone with naij mentality, where folks who drive banger Peugeot 407 get chauffeured around like King Jaffe Joffer know what segregation/class problem is?

You are such a dunce. What naij mentality are you talking about? You have no idea of my upbringing, class or background. You score zero on your profiling skills.

Ralphlauren:


I'm a little familiar with how planning permissions work for developers. If I remember correctly, they are to earmark 10% of flats from the proposed construction for affordable housing and that's not too much in my opinion considering the money these developers make in return.

Apart from providing homes, the essence of the "affordable housing" clause is to ensure social equality. Certain houses/postcodes should not be reserved for the rich only.

Personally, I think the only way the housing shortage can be resolved is to relax planning rules. They are just too stringent. Getting planning permission to build in "green belt zones" are almost impossible. Getting the same planning permission to extend or convert an existing property can also be a pain.

A developer could have the best intentions only for residents of the community to reject their proposal during the consultation stage, hence putting the councils in a limbo.

I fully agree with you regarding the need to relax the strict planning rules. I've been a property developer for 7 years now and the red tape regarding extensions and conversions of homes to flats is ridiculous. Safety, suitability and visual impact should be their main consideration. Splitting an extended house with a floor space of 180m2 into 2 flats is impossible if the original floor space was under 130m2. A house with 7 massive bedrooms can only be used as HMO but some 3 bedroom house can get planning permission to become 2 flats. Land is not infinite. If they want more homes they will have to start building taller.

It's not easy for developers, the restrictions and red tape eats into most of the profits. What most people don't understand is that if profits become too small for the developers, they will simply invest their money elsewhere and NO houses would get built.

Ralphlauren:



Did you read the link at all

That they are mandated to provide affordable housing as part of the requirements for planning permission is really no excuse to provide a "posh" entrance/lobby for one class of people and just a plain stairway for another.

These property developers make massive money from these building projects.

They would make a lot more if they weren't forced to provide affordable housing. The private investors have already returned the favor for getting planning permission. It should be the governments job to provide social housing for it's people. It's all good bashing developers for wanting to make profits from their investments even though these are the same people who they are begging to solve the housing shortage...

Ralphlauren:



Are you for real?

Don't listen to him. The building is divided into 2 sections. One side was sold to private owners and the other half is for council tenants paying cheap/no rent.