tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post2847562935798118025..comments2024-03-28T18:32:00.146+00:00Comments on Ambush Predator: Recession And Local Councils: Helping, Or Hindering?JuliaMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-61556968944875445342010-09-19T18:37:54.530+01:002010-09-19T18:37:54.530+01:00Parking outside a laundrette? People who have cars...Parking outside a laundrette? People who have cars have washing machines.David Gilliesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-91588695900239871392010-09-19T13:31:25.082+01:002010-09-19T13:31:25.082+01:00JuliaM said...
"Millions spent on anti drin...<i> JuliaM said... <br /><br />"Millions spent on anti drink drive campaigns, but YOU try and open a new pub without a massive car park attached." <br /><br />Is that just in rural areas or suburbs, though? Most city centre pubs have no parking at all. </i><br /><br />I said NEW pubs.<br /><br />Which, since the smoking ban, is not likely to happen any way.<br /><br />But look at any archives from council planning decisions, and see how many were/are (?) refused due to lack of parking facilities, and YES, I am talking of a reasonably sized town.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-59776335810759025422010-09-19T06:24:31.282+01:002010-09-19T06:24:31.282+01:00"Millions spent on anti drink drive campaigns...<i>"Millions spent on anti drink drive campaigns, but YOU try and open a new pub without a massive car park attached."</i> <br /><br />Is that just in rural areas or suburbs, though? Most city centre pubs have no parking at all.<br /><br /><i>"They don't seem to understand what their function is. Only when the last business has closed down and there's no taxes coming in, will it occur to them."</i> <br /><br />It really does seem as though they are keen to cut their own throats.<br /><br /><i>"The Planning Committee make the decision with one eye on what the local voters might say if there was an election..."</i> <br /><br />That might be true were these extensions controversial (such as gypsy camps). But these seem to be eanted by the local voters - expansions of existing businesses.<br /><br /><i>"...£11 for a telephone extension wire I can pick up on Ebay for £2."</i><br /><br />You can see why the Internet is booming, can't you? It's not just the price, it's the <i>experience</i>. <br /><br />No-one's going to clamp my chair and keyboard!JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-18587733622619195262010-09-19T04:03:57.630+01:002010-09-19T04:03:57.630+01:00I get your point Trooper. I guess in the old days...I get your point Trooper. I guess in the old days we might have expected Councillors to be fed in the restaurant to twist their decision in the right direction, and perhaps suffer a fatal accident involving dry cleaning fumes should they make the wrong one?<br />My own local town centre's economy is now exclusively reliant on traffic wardens, who flock like starlings and even try to stick a ticket on my car as I crawl trough in the early morning on route elsewhere. My mate got one at 9.30 p.m. outside the theatre just before he was mugged in the empty town last week. The cops moved out four years ago.<br />I have no doubt councils will kill any businesses off, but there does seem a lack of enterprise all round hereabouts. The last glimmers were the gin palaces associated with the vapid booze culture (council version 'cafe society')and drug peddling.<br />In my last local, you can buy a 60 pence (supermarket offer price) bottle of cider (with free glass and ice) for £3.40. The landlord is going broke. The stuff costs 2.8 pence at the factory gate. BwangQ want £11 for a telephone extension wire I can pick up on Ebay for £2. I can buy frozen meals Wetherspoons knock out at £4.50 for 80 pence (inferior ASDA ones are £2.50).<br />Just seems to me the council-government dross that always seems to have been with us is not solely responsible. We are paying 'tax' to more than them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-2448673269944488852010-09-18T21:40:43.887+01:002010-09-18T21:40:43.887+01:00The Planning Officers make a recommendation, with ...The Planning Officers make a recommendation, with one eye on what the Planning Inspector might say if there was an appeal.<br />The Planning Committee make the decision with one eye on what the local voters might say if there was an election....blueknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409655604657713593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-33956468400323836672010-09-18T12:10:38.737+01:002010-09-18T12:10:38.737+01:00allcoppedout,
not really sure what you're say...allcoppedout,<br /><br />not really sure what you're saying here. The examples given do not indicate that old business models don't work. In the case of the restaurant and the dry-cleaners, they are being prevented from expanding by the councils involved.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-45031998934959188152010-09-18T10:40:21.366+01:002010-09-18T10:40:21.366+01:00Isn't our private sector supposed to be so inn...Isn't our private sector supposed to be so innovative and thrusting that dealing with Councils should be little more than occasional fly-swatting?<br />More likely is that the old and mundane business model is screwed and none of these traditional businesses and politicians is up to coming up with something new?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-29594408522550561792010-09-18T10:23:29.731+01:002010-09-18T10:23:29.731+01:00They don't seem to understand what their funct...They don't seem to understand what their function is. Only when the last business has closed down and there's no taxes coming in, will it occur to them.<br /><br />I guess there must be other councils who do understand, and can take advantage. In general, though, it's a reminder that there's just as much corruption, waste and stupidity at the local government level that you find at the national and European level.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627081175329856970.post-71989410864506841622010-09-18T10:04:06.737+01:002010-09-18T10:04:06.737+01:00Parking space seems to be the biggest red herring/...Parking space seems to be the biggest red herring/ace up the sleeve that councils have.<br /><br />Millions spent on anti drink drive campaigns, but YOU try and open a new pub without a massive car park attached.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.com