Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 00:35:51 on
Sun, 20 Aug 2017, Roger Hayter remarked:

What I find strange is that the Council have apparently told the BBC
that it is nothing to do with them because it is privately owned. I
would have thought that the council would be involved in both finding
out whether it had been built according to regulations and whether it
was a danger to the general public around. Unless no part of it is near
a public place, which seems unlikely.

I agree. They surely have a duty to the public regarding the safety of
buildings in general, let alone (more) bits of buildings falling onto
the highway. They've even got a contract out:


Journalism at its most casual, inept and ignorant. Surely someone in
the chain of composition and editing could have recognised that that
paragraph was wrong, and either sent someone to find out more or simply
omitted it.



http://www.sourcederbyshire.co.uk/co.../show/id/12347

Probably talking to the wrong department (parking rather than Building
Control).

NCP appear very relaxed - "a bit of the facia fell off - so what?"


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Roger Hayter