Joe Seymour

Chartered Town Planner working at @mplanningcouk. Originally from Cardiff. Supporter of @cardiffcityfc @cardiff_blues @FAWales @WelshRugbyUnion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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@CarlBovisNature @exitthelemming @ChrisGPackham @DeborahMeaden @MeganMcCubbin @Lucy_Lapwing @DrAmirKhanGP @CityCorpHeath @BBCLondonNews @sophiepavs @WildlifeTrusts People moaning about "human encroachment". These ponds are literally man-made 😂

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@GordonDimmack Much easier to achieve this stuff when you live in a dictatorship.

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@ScottishFA Shut up net face! @EflSimpsons

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@78Spirit Robin Friday did it properly! ✌🏻

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@tomhfh Eco-warriors are celebrating the fish disco in Bristol on Saturday 🤦‍♂️ https://t.co/ymsMg5gbf1

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@lfg_uk Meanwhile, in Bristol this Saturday... https://t.co/ymsMg5gbf1

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@deanhtafc @SkyBetLeagueOne @CardiffCityFC They were also level at the point the ball was on Robbo's head, just couldn't pause it at that precise moment.

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@Paul_SLG If the planning system is like Spurs, then God help us all!

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@BluebirdsPast Why we didn't go for Biancheri on loan in Jan is beyond me. He would've been the perfect focal point that we've been missing since Salech's absence.

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@mjccfc As long as it's blue I don't care 💙😂

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@JohnPretty2o2o @ElaineCox11 @RosieP4 In retrospect John it was a bit of a cheeky/sarcastic comment, but it raises a more salient point about striking the balance between housebuilding and environmental protection, compared to the oversimplification of entirely blaming immigration.

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@NoelMooney13 Ask Mr Bale for some 💰 to help transform the Vale site into a world class academy like Clairefontaine

[Cardiff Rugby @Cardiff_Rugby]

Is this one the greatest tries not to have been given? ❌

The lighting strike was cancelled out for Tom Bowen ⚡️

#SixNationsU20

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@tomhfh It's the same story up and down the country. Local planning authorities are far too protective of brownfield, employment land that often accommodates few employees, which should be made available for housing.

[Looking for Growth @lfg_uk]

A local council is being forced to spend £4.3 million building a "bat bridge" over a new road.

Because, obviously, bats can't fly.

Even a so-called "bat expert" admits the plan is bonkers.

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@AnyaM8_ No, we hate it too. We would like to at least have a chance of obtaining approval for our clients every once in a while!

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

This is eye-opening. I knew the planning system was broken, but it is worse than even I thought.

When I heard that planners had recommended Hackney councillors block the extremely popular Shoreditch Works development I asked @Michael_J_Hil to read the planners' report and look through hundreds of documents submitted by the developer.

It is really bad.

- Developers submitted NINE THOUSAND PAGES of paperwork, planners said it wasn't detailed enough.

- Planners said it should be rejected because some flats would lack enough natural light due to shadows cast by other parts of the development.

- Planners simultaneously argued there weren't enough homes, didn't provide enough office space, and it was too tall.

- Developers had to comply with 42 separate Hackney policies, 75 separate London Plan policies, the Hackney Borough Site Allocations Plan, five other separate sets of standards and policy frameworks, two sets of ‘emerging’ unfinalised policies, plus all relevant national legislation and guidance.

- The design review panel criticised the project because every building was of the same architectural style. Planners ignored the surveys showing huge public support for the designs.

- New homes must provide outdoor space so residents have access to a green roof, but planners said that might disturb nature. (This is on an exclusively brownfield site)

Councillors have an opportunity tonight to overrule the planners. I sincerely hope they do!

https://t.co/VGyg6v0E6S

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@s8mb The problem I often find with Design Review Panels is that the architects on the panel that weren't hired for the project critique the design out of spite, without objectively assessing what is before them.