That's a strange analogy, but I'll go with it.
If we had an ex-SAS soldier who was mentally ill, and once a month they walked the streets armed to the teeth, and shot one person, and then went home, and the government and police said we should leave him alone, would you blame the soldier or the...
I haven't been there and seen it, or seen the plans etc. If it's wrong, it's down to the council, simple as that. Obviously they shouldn't be allowing over-development. Not much point in blaming the developers though, of course they're going to want to build big on their land, as has always been...