Mockery of the planning system

2008-04-18T00:00:00

This “permitted development” has sparked outrage in north London.

I was interested in Marcus Fairs’ comments (Opinion, April 4) and in the letters in response. Hackney is not alone in falling victim to the “tricky developer” and the apparent failings of the planning and building control systems to control “unauthorised development”.

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