13-05-21, 03:35 PM
(10-05-21, 04:00 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: [quote author=agricola link=topic=17546.msg325096#msg325096 date=1620655259]
Saving the planet/reducing emissions etc. So why doesn't govt legislate to make housebuilders build all homes with south facing rooves? And incorporate solar panels into the build, rather than have owners have to have them retro fitted?
A lot of new builds have that in their planning approval.
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Should be inbuilt in the national planning system.
Along with a new minimum standard for road width. These new estates have roads that two cars cant pass each other on without one driving up the kerb, let alone the bin wagons. Might have been alright years ago when cars like the A35 were common, but todays cars are massive. Suppose its a case of developers maximising the number of properties they can squeeze onto a postage stamp