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URBANO wrote:I don't understand what you are trying to say. But insofar as I can discern any possible argument it's that development would be much worse without the planning system. Lets drop the comparisons, they may just be clogging the issue. Instead, let's just take one place...., say, Bath. Before 1947 Bath was a gem, a complete (in appearance ) Georgian / Victorian city. Since 1947 its been raped.
And Cardiff was what you describe as 'raped' from the 1850's. Had the 1947 Act not been passed, Bath and Cardiff would have been 'raped' and then killed. Then burned just to make sure. The point i'm trying to make is that, at least we have houses that are being built to acceptable healthcare, spacial, environmental and social standards.
These towers (especially) the Charles street one, will look terrible I agree, and is nothing like that we saw in the renders (which looked superb). However, on top of the standards (above) that are being met, these towers are attempting to stop urban sprawl, de-couraging car use and encouraging public transport use, and maintaining the 'green belt' to preserve the biodiversity and habitats of the rural-urban fringe.
Just for clarification also, I do agree with your points about our urban landscape needing to look good (and recognizing Cardiff is not on its way to this), but saying the planning system is useless goes a bit too deep into the land of tin-foil hats for me.