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31-08-2017, 07:55 AM
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So this is where they spend 'our' money

Planning applications for 'luxury' housing is actually costing the tax-payers more than £1 Billion!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7921191.html
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31-08-2017, 08:58 AM
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Re: So this is where they spend 'our' money

That's a shocker but again proves anything set nationally these days can't work IMO
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31-08-2017, 10:00 AM
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Re: So this is where they spend 'our' money

Originally Posted by Uncle Joe ->
Planning applications for 'luxury' housing is actually costing the tax-payers more than £1 Billion!!!

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7921191.html
Hi

That is not what the article says.
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31-08-2017, 10:01 AM
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Re: So this is where they spend 'our' money

It really was if it costs more than they are allowed to charge then tax payers are paying the rest.
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31-08-2017, 10:55 AM
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Re: So this is where they spend 'our' money

Originally Posted by swimfeeders ->
Hi

That is not what the article says.

What part of this are you unable to read and understand???

Up to £1bn of taxpayers’ money is being spent subsidising the cost of planning applications from property developers and others, local councils have revealed.
 

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