My personal view is that local residents and businesses should have roughly equal say in how an area is used. People outside the area I think should have very l

My personal view is that local residents and businesses should have roughly equal say in how an area is used. People outside the area I think should have very little say outside of e.g. national regulations on pollution, building standards etc. In London's case it's weighted too far towards local residents IMO which is why Soho and similar areas are turning to shit - everything interesting gets pushed out. The idea I hear espoused a lot though, is the idea that someone who lives in Wimbledon should be able to tell residents and businesses of Soho how to build, just because they like to visit or they'd like to move in. They don't owe you anything, find somewhere else.