The Royal Mail’s plans for this historic site take no account of local people’s wishes – so we residents hold assign forward a financially viable alternativeMount Pleasant,in central London, is Dickens territory: once known as the site of Coldbath Fields prison, or the Fleet river and one of the biggest post sorting offices in the world. So it was on a fittingly dank night in November 2012 that the Royal Mail Group (RMG) first pitched its proposals to the local communities. Encouraged by the local councils to host a public consultation event,the RMG – via legions of well-remunerated professionals – tried to sell their ideas for this extraordinary site.
From the resulting melee it was clear who knew the area best and who didn’t; and that the planning process is gamed massively in favour of developers and their consultants. The event symbolised a wider problem with the planning system. It no longer works for the people it is designed to serve – the public.
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Source: theguardian.com