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Planning permission is how the establishment introduce artificial scarcity.
by branchless 11y ago
Planning permission is how the establishment introduce artificial scarcity.
- ajuc 11y agoWho will build the infrastructure (roads, electricity, water, sewage)? If you build sth without planning you can block or make it harder to provide these services to others. It only makes sense to plan such thing beforehand.
- branchless 11y agoSure. But in the UK the govt is planning to artificially restrict building land to boost asset prices in place of actual growth.
- pjc50 11y agoPlanning restrictions are very popular with the local public. So much so that some places in the US invent their own weird private contract law versions (HOAs).
- branchless 11y agoPlanning restrictions are very popular with old people who are "alright thanks".