Planning Inspectorate (Wales) – Jac o' the North

Miscellany 27.04.2020

Jac — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 08:00:42 +0000

PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I’M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ Here’s something to keep you occupied in these long days of lockdown after you’ve finished mowing the …

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Corruption in the wind?

Jac — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:00:40 +0000

People contact me regularly asking, ‘Why don’t you write about wind energy, Jac, and about saving the planet, because we’re all doomed, doomed!’ To which I usually respond, ‘Sod off.’ But one recent request to look into wind energy was different, and after an hour or so of digging I realised I just had to write about …

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Wilmslow-sur-Mer

Jac — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 19:00:33 +0000

INTRODUCTION I remember, back in the 1960s, when I was a wild young thing, visiting Owain Williams (of Tryweryn fame) on his farm, Gwynus, and then heading down for a drink at the local hostelry, the Plas Pistyll Hotel. I remember it well because ‘G–‘ and I picked up a couple of girls from Birmingham …

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Playground Wales 2, Remedies

Jac — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 12:15:42 +0000

INTRODUCTION In addition to the previous post on tourism I also put out a message on Twitter and Facebook last week reminding people that Gwynedd Council was consulting over whether, or by how much, to raise council tax on holiday homes. The ability to raise council tax on second homes and empty homes being just …

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Social Housing Back to Council Control?

Jac — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:04:13 +0000

THE TRAVAILS OF CANTREF Over the years I have written exhaustively on housing associations, I’ve explained the funding they receive, their staffing levels, and the fact that at a time when politicians argue our 22 local authorities must be cut to 8 or 9 those same politicians are quite content to see Wales lumbered with …

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The Double Whammy

Jac — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:07:10 +0000

At the risk of repeating myself . . . There is an issue I touched on in an earlier post that has been nagging at me to the point where I think it needs another post to elaborate and explore it better. In my attempts to explain the machinations of the Planning Inspectorate I have …

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Richard Poppleton, On Tour

Jac — Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:13:50 +0000

‘Who he?’, I hear you implore. The answer is that Mr Poppleton is the esteemed head of the Planning Inspectorate in Wales, that wonderful agency that not only grants us wind farms but also forces our councils to build thousands of new homes for people who haven’t yet thought of moving to Wales. Regular readers …

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Bodelwyddan and the Bigger Picture

Jac — Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:59:43 +0000

I had intended putting this out on Twitter or Facebook, just to inform people that the deadline for representations on the planned 1,700 new homes at Bodelwyddan in Denbighshire has been extended to March 21st. In view of the new figures available for both population predictions and household size it is well worth challenged this …

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Housing In Wales – Back To The Drawing Board!

Jac — Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:58:04 +0000

In a number of recent posts – work back from here – I have criticised the projections made by the Knowledge and Analytical Services (KAS), a unit based in Cardiff but answering to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) in London. These projections have raised questions as to their reliability and true purpose, especially …

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Housing in Carmarthenshire

Jac — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:35:37 +0000

There was a piece in today’s WalesOnline by Graham Henry telling us that Wales needs a few hundred thousand more dwellings than are currently planned. I don’t know who fed him the story, but I suspect the Wales-based statisticians of the Knowledge and Analytical Services, who answer to the Department for Communities and Local Government …

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