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Re: Planning permission in Letchworth

Posted By: bbeg
Date: 6 May 2006 at 22:54


> Are you kidding?
> What is so different in Letchworth to any other town? You say other towns
> are faceless with no character, try walking around the Jackmans or Grange
> estate - have these got more character than say Baldock or Royston? Do you
> really believe Letchworth town centre is the pinnacle of town planning and
> development? Letchworth has some nice areas and some horrible parts, the
> same as most towns. It is sadly lacking in facilities and has little or no
> character in the majority of the housing areas. I fail to see what makes
> it any better than the vast majority of other towns in the UK.
> I was born in Letchworth as were parents and grandparents. My grandmother
> who is 91 yrs old can remember her father working on the original building
> of the town. She owns her own property in Letchworth and replaced the
> windows several years ago to prevent draughts and cold during the winter.
> The new windows are similar in looks to those replaced and look fine witht
> he property. However, she did not seek planning permission and she
> believes it is her choice to work on her own property as she sees fit. And
> I agree with her. She has hardly slept since recieving this disgraceful
> leaflet from the Letchworth authorities and is now quite ill because of
> it. I think it is an absolute disgrace that your town council should
> dictate to people how they make their own properties look.
> Letchworth is not a museum, it is a town like many others. It has no real
> claim to be anything other than the first garden "city" which is simply a
> planning policy from many years ago. Do you think Stevenage should have
> similar laws protecting the properties from being changed or modified? No,
> I doubt it. The best thing to do there is knock most of it down and start
> again.
> My real point is, when you own something, it is yours to do with as you
> wish. Nobody has the moral right to dictate how anybody should treat their
> own property. The only people who feel they have this right are control
> freaks and unfortunately, misguided politicians who have nothing better to
> do. If the council in Letchworth spent more effort in providing a good
> infrastructure and better services, then I would have some time for them.
> Wasting public money on dictatorial edicts which nobody wants is in my
> view a criminal waste of public money and they should be locked up.
>

(Correction below. Sorry for some reason the message I posted previously appeared funny)
Peter,

I could not agree with you more on every single thing you said :) In fact, I was soooo pleased to read your reply above. I'm so glad to see there are -still- people like you around. Well done! Best Regards

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