Microsoft Start brings me news at reference 1 this morning of nimbies to the west, in the middle of the wide ribbon of housing which has grown up between Woking and south west London. I have not tried to check, but I imagine that there are lots of houses there which are less than fifty years old. And I have no idea whether, in the scheme of things, 'hundreds of people have objected to a 461 homes plan on former Surrey green belt land' amounts to a huge backlash. Or is it more just a turn of speech from a journalist?
The orange spot marks the spot, a little to the north west of Wisley and its famous gardens, botanic and otherwise. Presently offering the best festive light show in this part of London.
With the map offered by Surrey Live being reproduced above. Are there claims of ancient woodlands housing at least a dozen near-extinct bats? Bats which are, perhaps, very common in President Putin's forests to the east and something of a delicacy there. Or perhaps a hut circle, awarded the Golden Spade (Third Class) by Time Team?
I associate first to all the residents in fairly new housing estates in Exminster, once a small village dominated by its mental hospital, now a housing estate, loudly objecting to still more houses in the next field. FIL, to his 80 year old credit and as a much longer-standing resident, did point out to them that their complaints did seem a bit rum.
Second, to all the immigrants who have comfortably settled in this country, having done their time in the care and hospitality sectors, taking a very dim view of the even newer arrivals. A problem that they have in the US on much larger scale, being, in large part, a country of immigrants.
PS: I believe some countries, perhaps Ireland, have schemes whereby farmers with land near big towns do not get huge payouts. Things are so arranged so that they get a fair rate for the land, more or less agricultural prices, leaving developers with more space to build decent estates. Speculation in land brought under some sort of control.
References
Reference 1: Huge backlash to plans for 461 Surrey homes on former green belt as hundreds object - Chris Caulfield, Surrey Live - 2024.
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