Stop illegitimate building developments
Most residential and commercial developments in the UK solely benefit the developers and not the local community, those most in need, the environment or the country as whole.
“They often do not adhere to local and national planning policies, ignore fragile ecosystems, deny the impact they have on the quality of life and safety of residents, desperately avoid providing affordable housing and look for ways to extend the development scope beyond its original allocation and restrictions.”
This has been allowed to continue through a complex web of weak and corrupt government institutions, hidden processes, personal relationships and secretive practices that keep people uninformed until it is too late or powerless when they do object.
“If you want to stand any chance at all of stopping illegitimate planning applications from being approved you have to take a close look at how the decisions are being made, who is involved and call those people out.”
Former senior planner
The government departments put in place to stop illegitimate applications going through are massively underfunded, underpaid and unappreciated. Their staff are under great pressure to sign off applications quickly with the minimum of scrutiny while also being susceptible to the influence of developers and their agents. High workloads and low wages mean no one is looking to stay in their job any longer than necessary and keeping developers and their agents happy is a common approach for securing future work.
The signs are there you just have to look.
Official documents
All applications are submitted with a lot of documentation. These can be analysed for adherence to planing policies and the law.
Government processes
All government departments have detailed processes for application review. When these are not followed something is amiss.
Deafening silence
Legitimate applications that have been reviewed properly leave a paper trial. Those that haven’t don’t.
Our mission
Our planning system has been hijacked by an unscrupulous and greedy developer class that has become used to people feeling powerless to stop them. Corruption hates the light and our mission is to shine a light in their eyes.
