Post in Olympic Regeneration for Newham

Jul 04 10:38 UTC

Mike,

You raise some interesting points.

Not that long ago there were developers, there were councils and there were
people.  A council's role was to provide an impartial planning service and a
balance between developer and people.  The growth in the municipal-developer
which has taken place in many parts of the country changes everything.  The
local state becomes incapable of mediating between people and developer
because it becomes the representative of the developer.  There could be a
tendency for a council to fall short of its duty of care to its electors in
the new scenario.

John McNeill