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* I thought, for example, that when the council had decided unanimously to reject a planned development as unsustainable, that it would go away. I reckoned without the developer appealing directly to the government and having the decision to reject overturned, and all without any further right to appeal for anybody.

I guess there's more money for the Government in a couple of dodgy blocks of flats than there was in an area of waste ground in a conservation area, then.
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Not just that, developers can often afford to appeal and drag out legal processes whereas the local council has a set budget and cannot afford to fight lots of appeals.

Developers can also make big donations to political parties (legally - this is before we get into backhanders!) and get listened to. Expect more supermarkets, luxury flats, executive homes and a lot less sustainable anything

Wassail

Karen

My plot is 16ft by 60 ft (3rods). Used to be just over twice that size,
but we recently gave up that part.
Didn't really have enough time to devote to all of it.

Ain't that the truth, Karen. Oh, and when the developers promise to keep disruption of the local area to a minimum, you know that doesn't actually mean anything, don't you. But let's not go there...

So our plot's ten rods, but Charlie's post has inspired me to 'fess up: We're not really using all the plot just yet. We've got three beds prepared (1.3m * 6m - ish) and most of the rest of the plot is overwintering under that black fabric mulchy stuff in an effort to discourage the couch grass and leave us with a more easily-diggable plot come spring. The top part of the plot is taken up with a mature bay tree, a shed and a rubble pile which I have pledged to remove by spring - This will probably end up as a seating / tinkering area, or possibly a greenhouse. I haven't decided. Might be too shady, with the tree and all.

Heh. Plans are good. I'm still left with one bed filled with asparagus plants (donated by a neighbour) and two beds with, essentially, nothing viable in them. This is probably the wrong time of the year to be sticking seeds in soil, so I guess it's "Roll on Spring" again...

So. Ten rods, but only a couple in actual use. If you can call it use.

mines about 100ft by 25 ft and i have two of them