8th March 2007, 02:04 PM
Hmmm.... "public involvement...community engagement....more open....accountable and transparent...a clearer record.....streamline consent procedures...." all sounds very much like a political manifesto to me, lots of well-thought out buzz words to appease before the horrific reality sets in. Barker? wants less public involvement in the planning processes to speed things up for business.Is this little factoid being hidden within the above rhetoric or do they actually mean removing public opinion as a tool to "streamline consent procedures"?
"we will provide a unified legislative framework for heritage protection" Wohooo!!! I thought-finally! however....
"we will underpin new legislation with new policy guidence" Oh.Just great.Which muppet came up with that little gem?
The DCMS claims that our heritage protection system has protected our heritage well for over a century.This claim either can be seen as an indication of just how little central government know/care about the realities or, an indication of their complicit role in the largescale removal of over 148,000 archaeological sites over the past 14 years in an un-regulated commercial free for all. Devolvement of scheduling from central government to English Heritage.....another gem.Fan bloody tastic. After trawling through endless pages of this crap, I just can`t be bothered anymore.This is what we get for standing back and allowing un-elected bodies to make representations on our behalf.Where`s me passport, I`ve had enough:face-confused:
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)
"we will provide a unified legislative framework for heritage protection" Wohooo!!! I thought-finally! however....
"we will underpin new legislation with new policy guidence" Oh.Just great.Which muppet came up with that little gem?
The DCMS claims that our heritage protection system has protected our heritage well for over a century.This claim either can be seen as an indication of just how little central government know/care about the realities or, an indication of their complicit role in the largescale removal of over 148,000 archaeological sites over the past 14 years in an un-regulated commercial free for all. Devolvement of scheduling from central government to English Heritage.....another gem.Fan bloody tastic. After trawling through endless pages of this crap, I just can`t be bothered anymore.This is what we get for standing back and allowing un-elected bodies to make representations on our behalf.Where`s me passport, I`ve had enough:face-confused:
..knowledge without action is insanity and action without knowledge is vanity..(imam ghazali,ayyuhal-walad)