22-08-2019, 06:07 AM
There is a piece of meadow and woodland behind where we live now that our next door neighbour bought some time ago to (try) to block development, we have lots of wildlife, including grasshoppers (crickets?), Dragon flies, butterflies, birds and rabbits, (a bit of a nuisance but we hardly ever have to cut the lawn). The guy has planted birch, gorse and broom on some of the land, the rest is cut for hay once a year.
It's a great place to live, but now the local authority has threatened to compulsorily purchase the area for development. He says that it will be "over his dead body". He is frequently pestered by developers with steadily increasing offers of money. One organization were so confident he says, that they've even paid for the initial planning permission.
I hope his 'price' isn't ever offered.
I really hope not.
Amie
It's a great place to live, but now the local authority has threatened to compulsorily purchase the area for development. He says that it will be "over his dead body". He is frequently pestered by developers with steadily increasing offers of money. One organization were so confident he says, that they've even paid for the initial planning permission.
I hope his 'price' isn't ever offered.
I really hope not.
Amie
