These NIMBYs are literally choking this country to death. I actually can’t stand it.
EvenForce2009 on
How nice that he’s spared a thought for his hometown community in Handsworth. I hope the outcome is the best one for Handsworth – whether or not the development goes ahead.
Desperate_Caramel_10 on
>From the article:
>”It’s the only bit of greenery really around that area. It would be a tragedy if that’s all built over. It’s the people’s land, **there’s plenty of other places to go**.”
And this is always the crux of the issue, people believing that there’s “plenty” of other places, which is always code for “anywhere but here”. The trouble is if everywhere says “not here” then there isn’t really any other places.
Perhaps instead of saying “not here” Sean could use a tiny fraction of his enormous wealth to show these plenty of other places – since he clearly cares so much about it all.
Minute_University_98 on
His name is inconsistent.
It should be pronounced Seen Been
Or Shawn bawn.
Pick one Sean!
UCswine on
Nice one, need to stop the Orcs paving over the Shire.
Express-Doughnut-562 on
Honestly NIMBYism is getting right on my tits these days. Back where I used to live in Chester there is a huge chunk of land between two main roads and a railway line. It’s shit land every now and then has some low quality crops on it (but most of the year its pasture), it’s impossible to access because of its locked in nature and you can barely bloody see it from anywhere. In other words, its the perfect place to build a house or two. [you can see it here.](https://www.google.com/maps/search/53.190970,+-2.846840)
So of course a bunch of parish council have got together in a [‘green alliance’](https://np.christleton-pc.gov.uk/chester-greenbelt-alliance/) to stop it all. Like, where else is as perfect as that for a bunch of new houses? Right next to main roads, walkable into the city down a lovely canal.. what more do you want?
ntzm_ on
These protestors are very disingenuous when talking about the % of land that the council has in their local plan for housing development, they’ll say “why don’t we build on brownfield sites first?”, but if you look at the council’s plans, you can see basically every brownfield site in Sheffield is in the local plan for housing development.
Deep_Woodland on
I tried to take the greenbelt from Frodo! Forgive me!
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He doesn’t even live there!
These NIMBYs are literally choking this country to death. I actually can’t stand it.
How nice that he’s spared a thought for his hometown community in Handsworth. I hope the outcome is the best one for Handsworth – whether or not the development goes ahead.
>From the article:
>”It’s the only bit of greenery really around that area. It would be a tragedy if that’s all built over. It’s the people’s land, **there’s plenty of other places to go**.”
And this is always the crux of the issue, people believing that there’s “plenty” of other places, which is always code for “anywhere but here”. The trouble is if everywhere says “not here” then there isn’t really any other places.
Perhaps instead of saying “not here” Sean could use a tiny fraction of his enormous wealth to show these plenty of other places – since he clearly cares so much about it all.
His name is inconsistent.
It should be pronounced Seen Been
Or Shawn bawn.
Pick one Sean!
Nice one, need to stop the Orcs paving over the Shire.
Honestly NIMBYism is getting right on my tits these days. Back where I used to live in Chester there is a huge chunk of land between two main roads and a railway line. It’s shit land every now and then has some low quality crops on it (but most of the year its pasture), it’s impossible to access because of its locked in nature and you can barely bloody see it from anywhere. In other words, its the perfect place to build a house or two. [you can see it here.](https://www.google.com/maps/search/53.190970,+-2.846840)
So of course a bunch of parish council have got together in a [‘green alliance’](https://np.christleton-pc.gov.uk/chester-greenbelt-alliance/) to stop it all. Like, where else is as perfect as that for a bunch of new houses? Right next to main roads, walkable into the city down a lovely canal.. what more do you want?
These protestors are very disingenuous when talking about the % of land that the council has in their local plan for housing development, they’ll say “why don’t we build on brownfield sites first?”, but if you look at the council’s plans, you can see basically every brownfield site in Sheffield is in the local plan for housing development.
I tried to take the greenbelt from Frodo! Forgive me!