"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:35:21 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote:

No choice. The local authority wouldn't allow them to expand their
business. The blame lays fairly and squarely there.

Wrong! The blame is for the government that makes the policy that local
planning authorities have to follow.

They do have some discretion within their local plan, but equally I am
not averse to the suggestion that central government meddles where it
has no business to do so as we have recently seen.

If the local authority wanted Screwfix, they would have found them land. It
is that simple.