oops

re-reading the post I made the other day about town planning, I realise I didn't say what sort of block was being proposed. The answer is a block of flats, some of them to be dedicated to social housing (i.e. for use by those who can't afford the regular market price). So we're saying that land close to a river and in the shadow of the main railway line from London to Birmingham, Manchester etc is fine for those who have little money. And that it's also fine that the new block of flats should overlook the houses and gardens already in place - and currently NOT overlooked.

And why? Because a central government planner has decided that every county must bear its share of new housing, regardless of whether any money has been put in for the infrastructure and whether the quality of life of anyone there is degraded. Wonderful.