The Planners returns in new guise - BBC2
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Planning back on prime-time TV
The ground-breaking television programme Planners is back next week for a second series with a new title and a new slot on BBC Two.
Permission Impossible: Britain’s Planners will return on Tuesday 25 February 2014 at 7pm on BBC Two. The eight-part series will transmit daily from Tuesdays to Fridays, over two weeks.
Sourced from here http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/general/news/stories/2014/february14/200214/200214_1
Something better than The One Show to watch.
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I'll still watch them all, but not every night.
If, on the other hand, its a new format about the fractalisation of powdered down soil during construction,it would be ground ground breaking ground breaking breaking TV.
Seems odd to strip it throughout the week and to schedule it at 19:00 which is a graveyard slot due to the prominence of soaps. Interesting programme, but not something I want to watch every evening.
Graveyard?
BBC2 has been doing some interesting scheduling in that time slot, the colourful (my butler carries my overnight bag) Michael Portillo, the Hairy Bikers (no not Mel & Sue) and Interior Designs among other programmes.
I did find the original series to be interesting and a step above the usual fly-on-the-wall but calling it "ground breaking" is certainly -over-egging it.
Seems to be. Older people don't like change and they have the time to devote to making objections.
The age of Councillors on planning committees is far too skewed to the elderly as well.
And I say that as an oldster myself - but one who likes change!
And now they're doing the same thing to BBC2?
My job involves sitting in council committees a lot of the time, and whilst I am not a planner, I have been involved with my fair number of planning committees.
You are right, there is definately a "type" of person who attends committees and a lot of the time when the application is something contentious the objectors are filled with their own self importance and spend too long speaking to the public instead of talking in planning terms to the committee, then get annoyed when thier objections are over ruled as not planning objections. Remember, there are strict laws and guidelines about what facts can be taken into account by the committee and legally, there is always a presumption of approval. It is very costly for councils to have to fight appeals, especially when their justifications are weak.
The age, gender and ethnicity of councillors across many parts of the UK is a problem as retired, white men make up the vast majority. The problem is that not enough other types of people put themselves forward for election.
And did I see a Stobart sign in Steve's Garden......cheeky.
Great start to the new series....but I didn't catch if the Builders Yard got approved, the Guy checking it out, thought it would be a non-starter.
Did feel sorry for the Ellesmere Port Locals.
Always shocked by the planning committee's ways. I was suprised that the woman wouldn't get off the bus because she "didn't do rain" - thought that was a terrible attitude!
I liked the young woman who spoke in favour of one of the developments - saying that we can't stop developments just becuase they are "modern" we have to move forward.
I am always surprised to see the houses that people come out of when they are complaining about a new build - they often seem to be quite new and would have been objected to maybe in the past?
I thought it was telling that the Redrow man said that he was spending more in planning fees that he was in building.
I would like to see what would happen if a new development went up and it was offered to the neighbour's children at a discounted price IF they didn't put up any objections - I wonder if they would mind so much about the view etc then?
Thought it was funny when they said they had all been out looking for a crested newt!
I felt sorry for the farming couple to a degree but unfortunately when you rent your home you don't have the final say.
I think that there will be disruption when the housing development goes up - but it will be for a limited time and you can't keep saying NIMBY can you? The houses etc have to go somewhere?
I can't understand the objections to the builders yard - what was there was not that pretty to start with!
Re the listed building - I am not sure where I stand on that - it was a beautiful building in a beautiful setting but what to do with it? It's the sort of thing that somewhere else might attract an audience as luxury apartments but in denbyshire (isn't that near Rhyl) not sure how many people would be able to afford to live that far out from work etc?
If it cost 1.9M to put a temporary roof on it then god knows what the upkeep would be! Still love it though!