tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post8845577722033003598..comments2023-09-20T16:55:09.433+01:00Comments on A Shiny World: Waterproof post-it noteslouloukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562093751876067547noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018371774869383950.post-42956260717748367142010-10-31T21:39:47.908+00:002010-10-31T21:39:47.908+00:00Just found my way here from your MTB blog - I'...Just found my way here from your MTB blog - I'd been wondering where you'd gone and missing your local government LJ posts as one of the only people online that I know who blogs about the world that I move in...<br /><br />I really like this idea. But (and there's always a but), planners really do get the shitty end of the stick a lot of the time as the number of different demands that they have to balance (e.g. highways, utilities, archaeology, transport, housing density, health and safety, biodiversity etc etc) means that all development is a compromise that ends up pleasing very few people very little of the time. <br /><br />What I'd like to see is more people taking part in their local communities. So many people just grumble about the way "the council" deals with things, but when challenged they will admit they've never contacted their local councillor about the things that annoy them, or responded to a planning application or LDF consultation about the future shape of their area.<br /><br />The Big Society is not going to work whilst people sit back and wait for others to do things for them in the way they want. It's a major concern that I have, this whole consultation thing that the government has gone on about in the planning green paper just won't work as you can't force people to take part in consultation or "good works" in the community.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com