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Is the Rooney effect ruining Prestbury? Well, yes ...

Vic Barlow
4/ 7/2007

THE HEADLINE emblazoned across page 18 of a recent edition of the Express read: 'Is the 'Rooney' effect ruining Prestbury?'

An idiot in a hurry can see the answer is yes but according to a senior planning officer 'it is not the job of the planning department to stop people buying up houses and having them bulldozed'.

He went on to add that 'people want better than is already there'.

So, why move to Prestbury? Why go to a village if you don't like what's there? Why not choose some place that matches your aspirations.

Last year Mrs B and I applied to have 400 square feet of hard standing outside our kennels to facilitate the delivery of supplies. The plan was turned down despite it being invisible from anywhere but Google Earth.

But when it comes to bulldozing houses in a picturesque village - no problem at all.

So what's the game? What's really going on? How can a few square yards of gravel be more offensive than bulldozing an entire building?

Now I'm sure, given a bit of research, justifiable reasons can be found for these 'inconsistencies' but what about the 'spirit' of planning law.

Are such decisions fair and reasonable?

The residents of Prestbury think not.

NB: If you don't know Prestbury and wonder what the hell I'm talking about take a drive around the village and see for yourself what's going on. If you've had any dealings with Macclesfield planning, did you receive the same leeway?


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   lets face it Vic, the rich just wanna get richer! they buy house for 700k?? then wreck it-build new for 500k?? move to somewhere else and sell for 2mill?? 800k profit NICE!! just enough to buy another for free basically. over time they have a 2mill house for nothing! also they pay less tax on new builds than extensions. Oh yes another thing- all work is by out of towners!! simply coz there are no big firms anymore in macc and if there were they would be out priced by the bigger ones - bit like Tesco v corner shop. Be right back-just going out to buy a couple of really big houses to destroy! Regards Andy
Andy Sparkes, Weston
25/07/2007 at 16:45
   i live in exile due to the stupidity of the mpc and their handling of the birtles bowl fiasco and their total lack of insight into alternative planning rules they are anacistic in their attitude towards creative planning ideas and concepts is bobby barlow at last feeling some pain in the stupidity of their planning negative he and mrs b recently recieved stand up mr barlow stand up and march down to city hall and stop sitting on the dock of the bay as we say in san francisco this is your chance to be a true laeder of the the working man od macclesfield becomme their will shakespeare and kick ben johnson into touch bobby barlow you are being asked to stand your ground instead of buying old sir nick a beer at the rodmney and hah ah ha the day away flowers lord of birtles
hudson lord of birtles, san francisco
20/07/2007 at 16:44
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