Kopek Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Frequently developers increase the number of houses on their site. It has become 'de rigueur', sometimes they reduce the number of home so that they can do more semis and detatched, higher prices!!! It's a planning versus developer battle, friendly, but if we upset the developer, they pull out, will Mc Alpine step in??? Better the devil you know!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) ... but many 20/30 somethings will have realised that their only way into the housing market is at the 'bottom end', the terrace 2 bed to get them started, from then on they will be no different from the parents who 'had it so good'? Our Kids will eventually sort their selves out, just as we did in our time! Edited February 7 by Kopek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 9 hours ago, HeliX said: People don't "want" to live in cheaper shittier houses, but successive Govts in the back pocket of big businesses have fucked the average person's finances into the ground, so here we are. I don't disagree but if it's the choice between a big gold spec'd plot that you have no chance to afford, or a more affordable new build people go for the latter. There's a premium on new-builds & Dandara etc. have no difficulty shifting them. More housing would reduce house prices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 15 hours ago, x-in-man said: The bypass is not getting any closer - it looks like there has been some industrial units built where the road was going go, and some big earth banks the other side. At least the Whitestone pub has tidied up it's appearance a bit in readiness for all the new residents to come in and get a ding-ding meal or gammon and chips. (#roll on the 80s) Hasn't most of the bypass road been built already? I assume they're waiting for the mega roundel to be put in place by the DOI at the Ballathane junction. When is that supposed to happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 16 hours ago, asitis said: In fact let's have another bypass, and a spaghetti junction type island construction. with a manifesto like that you might get voted in 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCallig Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Another development with a massive under-provision of parking space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Mercenary said: More housing would reduce house prices. Do you really think so? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugholdmafia Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 41 minutes ago, McCallig said: Another development with a massive under-provision of parking space. Each house has two parking spaces ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugholdmafia Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 16 hours ago, Kopek said: There's an option in planning to build 'affordable housing' OR make a payment in lieu thereof. Looking at the original 2019 planning agreement, our esteemed DOI decided that there would be a surplus of affordable housing in the south and that only 20 houses would be needed in a development of phase 1 which was approximately 200 homes? They only had 10% then with the remainder paying a fee of £23500 per plot to the DOI in leu of affordable housing. In the current political climate with housing I would wish to hope that the government would enforce the 25% rule 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercenary Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 16 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: Do you really think so? Yes 100%, it's supply and demand. Big contributor to house prices here and in UK is the drop in housebuilding since start of 80s when local authorities stopped building new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, Maugholdmafia said: Looking at the original 2019 planning agreement, our esteemed DOI decided that there would be a surplus of affordable housing in the south and that only 20 houses would be needed in a development of phase 1 which was approximately 200 homes? They only had 10% then with the remainder paying a fee of £23500 per plot to the DOI in leu of affordable housing. In the current political climate with housing I would wish to hope that the government would enforce the 25% rule Sadly there is a world of difference between need and afford. Getting the deposit together and then getting a mortgage is a big challenge. 20 is probably too many tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtleish Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I wonder if the 25 lay offs by dandara is to help this plan get passed. Happened before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 4 minutes ago, Turtleish said: I wonder if the 25 lay offs by dandara is to help this plan get passed. Happened before. Probably they are complete twats. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 New plans in for the DoI part of the junction on the corner at Balthane Industrial Est. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 "The developer is reviewing how many houses will be made affordable." Are government rules on affordable housing in developments ever stuck to? Money talks eh? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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