SG
I think you have raised a good point altho shutting the site down is probably unnecessary - I agree with Helen M in the sense that there should be a unoffocial house rule that comments identifying local residents or people's homes are not acce…
@WIllM - I never said he did. You omitted the next part of what he said...
"It just wouldn't work. Suddenly we might be in Slough ... We're the last bastion of Englishness and I want to keep it that way."
The clear implication is good BNP stu…
@sincers
The value is obvious - 1. its true and 2. the police are more likely to catch them as an accurate description of the suspects is in the public domain.
I do understand the point you are making; there are newpapers out there that that f…
@WillM - I think you have missed the distinction I drew. What was objectionable was not that the cast happens to be all white - but the reason why they were all white which was based on the producer's own racist views that darkies should stay away …
Helen M is quite right in principle. However, her example is wrong is she saying that someone being "black" a "teenager" or wearing a "hoodie" is intrinsically offensive? I doubt it.
BTW the offensive bit about Midsomer was not that the village…
Obviously sounds very worthwhile in theory - concern for local residents would be that "community cafe" is a euphamism for soup kitchen and this ends up becoming a focal point for "vulnerable" individuals/homeless/alcoholics etc and related social p…
Capping at 26k sounds like a fair argument, problem in practive will be that for those families looking for work they will by definiton get moved away from the more proposerous parts of the country and end up in areas with other claimants - reducing…
point re overlooking is even in winter people just arent going to stop and peer at you - they are so far away theyd need to be seriously weird to stand on the raised part of the walk, look through branches and twigs to try and see what yoiu are doin…
Dont worry its fine, have lived backing onto it for years - never had any problem - in summer its gives a lot of privacy and very beautiful. might get the odd fox living round theback of your house tho...
a fence isnt a bad idea but if you are …
Try Oxley and Coward based in South Yorkshire. Yes, I said S. Yorks! They are a major firm and there is no reason why they cant do work in London - its all done online so location is irrlevant unless you have some very specific issue where they ne…
Motor Continental specilaise in German cars - they are excellent and are registered with Merc, VW etc. Ive been going there for years and woudl recommend them. Relevant person is Murad. They are on one of the roads off the clocktower - easy to go…
kate
I think it is ridiculous that this development has been refused - idiocy - typical of the lack of vision and jobsworth attitude that typifies the process. It would have transformed the feel and safety of that part of the area and created a…
@Arkady
Arches - the examples they have shown are low rise edwardian and victorian terraces. Those arches are completely different in scale and work in their setting becuase they are repeated and form part of the visual rhythm in those streets. …
by the way is a fantastic glass extyension on the mount view reservoir and a smart timber clad house on the road going down from mvr - god know how they slipped thru...
Just checked the planning site - the conservation committee have objected and want it to go to planning committee.
The architects website is interesting - they are clearly capable of designing decent looking contemporary buildings - I suspect the…
yagamuffin I completely am with you on this one - it looks a real mess and is huge - like a dodgy 80s hall of residence. the architechture is the worst kind of fake victorian crap - either you do a really crisp contemporary building which compleme…
Thanks for your comments. I agree that that corner is ripe for development however the devil's in the detail. Id highlight the following - the porposal is not victorian and not contemporary - its a muddle of the odd victorian style window, weird a…
by the way spraying wont work (unless done by an expert at exactly the right time) and the cpouncil may not permit it as damages other plant and wildlife. Stem injection is aceptable as it simply affect the knotweed root netowrk and breaks down in …
I have the solution and yes knotweed is a nightmare if untreated - its actually treated as toxic waste by the govt.
I had a major infestation of knotweed on council land abutting my property. I moved in not knowing what it was and got a nasty su…