How can one best describe a local planning authority which endangers people's health, welfare and livelihoods by permitting the building of homes and businesses on the flood plain of a river? Incompetent? Irresponsible? Culpably negligent?
No doubt the granting of planning permission on the flood plain of the River Uck converted a tract of low value land into a piece of valuable real estate, but what could possibly induce people to be so careless with public well-being?
Who now ultimately picks up the bill?
-James Crawshaw, Address supplied
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