As Winston Churchill might have said:
Never in the field of planning laws, have so few been reviled by so many. 83 is the number petty minded individuals in Ashtead, Surrey who objected to the siting of a hostel for injured soldiers and their families. They feared their peace and tranquility would broken by the coming and going of the soldiers and their families oh and it might lop 20% off their house prices. 20% is a fair bit, who came up with that figure it apears in the Sunday Independent, but I think fairly insignificant if whilst serving your country you have had your legs blown off or similarly injured. I do detest those people who objected. Their peace and quiet has been bought by those soldiers, the least they can do is allow them some peace and quiet and time to heal.
However, this is very NIMBY, and I don't want to blather on about not casting the first stone, but no doubt whichever part of the country the hostel were to be sited there would be objections. And those people would be equally nauseating in their defence of their property values; possibly the only values they do have.
Never in the field of planning laws, have so few been reviled by so many. 83 is the number petty minded individuals in Ashtead, Surrey who objected to the siting of a hostel for injured soldiers and their families. They feared their peace and tranquility would broken by the coming and going of the soldiers and their families oh and it might lop 20% off their house prices. 20% is a fair bit, who came up with that figure it apears in the Sunday Independent, but I think fairly insignificant if whilst serving your country you have had your legs blown off or similarly injured. I do detest those people who objected. Their peace and quiet has been bought by those soldiers, the least they can do is allow them some peace and quiet and time to heal.
However, this is very NIMBY, and I don't want to blather on about not casting the first stone, but no doubt whichever part of the country the hostel were to be sited there would be objections. And those people would be equally nauseating in their defence of their property values; possibly the only values they do have.
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