Reminder that there’s a derelict petrol station in Tottenham Hale that can’t be redeveloped because it’s designated as ‘green belt’.
Just build build build FFS. Get some sustainable housing plans sorted and BUILD!
Almost every normal person in the country is being held back by rent/mortgage prices. I’m sick to death of scrambling around in shit so the rich can get richer.
There’s houses they’re just unaffordable or they’ve been turned into fucking airbnbs
Also let’s make sure what is built is mixed-use between residential/businesses, and a reasonably high density.
A big part of the housing issue we face currently is that we built a lot of suburban sprawl after WW2, and if we continued to build out to Zone 4/5 in the way we used to (mixes of Victorian or Georgian terraced housing and flats) we would have double the housing stock available today.
Ban second homes in London, no more short term Air BnB or similar lets, ground floor for housing not empty commercial property. I’d guess you would get a good proportion of what is needed by those measures alone.
Maybe the illogical examples such as the petrol station can be done, but no need to take away the green belt.
London has plenty of space to develop. It’s really not that densely populated.
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Reminder that there’s a derelict petrol station in Tottenham Hale that can’t be redeveloped because it’s designated as ‘green belt’.
Just build build build FFS. Get some sustainable housing plans sorted and BUILD!
Almost every normal person in the country is being held back by rent/mortgage prices. I’m sick to death of scrambling around in shit so the rich can get richer.
There’s houses they’re just unaffordable or they’ve been turned into fucking airbnbs
Also let’s make sure what is built is mixed-use between residential/businesses, and a reasonably high density.
A big part of the housing issue we face currently is that we built a lot of suburban sprawl after WW2, and if we continued to build out to Zone 4/5 in the way we used to (mixes of Victorian or Georgian terraced housing and flats) we would have double the housing stock available today.
Ban second homes in London, no more short term Air BnB or similar lets, ground floor for housing not empty commercial property. I’d guess you would get a good proportion of what is needed by those measures alone.
Maybe the illogical examples such as the petrol station can be done, but no need to take away the green belt.
London has plenty of space to develop. It’s really not that densely populated.