Planning Regulations

 

Over the last six months we have been obtaining the planning permission for a new office on our stud here at Newmarket. There have been no objections, the building will replace an eyesore with a sympathetic, timber clad, hi-tech building, but why has the process taken so long?

Surely, as we need more houses, factories, offices and other buildings to replace and augment our stock, isn't it time that the planning process was reformed. For a start building regulations are at the whim of the local council instead of to a national standard, that could be enforced by private consultancies in a quick and efficient manner.

I should say that the new building will incorporate a ground source heat pump, very high insulation, solar panels and low energy lighting.