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If Americans think zoning is bad and crippling house building, wait until they hear about the British planning system. Where every single building needs state
by holbrad 3y ago
If Americans think zoning is bad and crippling house building, wait until they hear about the British planning system.
Where every single building needs state permission and full review to be built. Which takes months to years per building, instead of days or weeks.
In completely unrelated news the UK has some of the most expensive smallest housing in Europe.
- post-factum 3y agoCzech Republic enters the party…
- pandaman 3y agoIt's the same in the US: in a township you need to pull permits to build anything substantial. Usually there are default permitted things with footprint and height restriction so you can build a gazebo or a swing in your backyard but is there any place in the developed world where you can build anything without permission in a city?