The Natural Philosopher wrote:
wrote:
On 30 Apr, 11:14, Bruce wrote:
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:43:34 +0100, The Natural Philosopher


Well said. It's the wholly artificial restriction of supply of
building land that is the root of the problem.


No it is not.

Take that away and the countryside would vanish, along with all our
agriculture, and the country become a mass of unaffordable low rent
shacks connected by an inadequate road system to non existent jobs.


There's plenty of suitable land, of limited value for other uses -
but rigid artificial controls result in a 10-20X difference in value.


No, there is not.

The land that is available is all well away from where its of any use
to anyone. Like Scotland.

Bags of space up there, but no one wants to live there. No jobs, crap
climate etc.

I'm with Drivel here. You're talking unbelievable rot.

There are huge expanses of land sat on by the big home builders, who act in
a very similar way to De Beers do with diamonds.

Scotland doesn't have a subsidised transport system in the same way the
South East does. It's a long way from Industrialised Europe. Why do you
think getting planning consent in Scotland is so much easier than in Kent?

Germany and Austria are countries with practical planning policies to ensure
land is made available with demand, and hence haven't had the same wild
fluctuation in house prices as seen in the UK.