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thats a different coin. the issue highlighted is that there are about 2.5m more people here than estimated. thats a significant % the population previously unaccounted for.

it may have escape you, but Ikea is a showroom with warehouse attached. the warehouse needs to be somewhere, so they normally put both together on a cheap industrial park with carpark attached.

thats what happens when you tightly constrain supply where there is high demand.

we've become too much a nation of commuters for that to be viable. you'd have to put on a lot of buses and to non-existant routes to replace the car.

is that realy what you're offended by? should see what they done east side of Battersea power station. you're complaining about 540 homes in a riverside development, presumably replacing derelict land? as before, if not here, where?

agree that dismissal of objections is wrong. the problem is that objections, such as traffic are used to stop the entire development, rather than a concern that needs to be addressed in itself. can the traffic be mitigated? is the development size correct? in the case of IKEA, should the...

Nimbyism is was a term to describe those that want development, be it roads, housing, commercial parks or industry, just somewhere else. they are not a break on excess, they are a obstacle to progress and development. typical example i know well, an estate about 20-30 years old was stirred...

this ideal way of doing development, large enough scale to bring infrastructure with it.

ok, so we should call on the council to make provision of services and infrastructure a condition of planning, not outright object. if we dont want to build in greenfields, we have to accept some vertical building. I dont know why 6 story is objectionable, or why people value views over places...

if not Lancing or Shoreham, if no high rises, where do you suggest we house people?

just as well.

not familar with it, maybe complaints it will increase traffic, block someones access to dog walking, dont like the developemnt, all manner of objections and delays. quick google suggests they are developing it, started tearing down current building.

and this is why there is a housing problem.