Unfortunately, in this day and age, the only thing that matters is someone or a group of somebodies, making money. Nowt else counts. You can't stop something happening if big money is involved, unless you are someone else with big money and big people behind you. The Green Belt only counts when us plebs want to build something. Otherwise it's a free-for-all.

Even the Government's so-called "Green" policy is corrupt. How else can the relatively poor energy-generating wind-farms get permission to build in previously unspoilt areas? Can I build a small extension to my house in that area? No, but if I have shed-loads of filthy lucre I can get permission to build a gigantic wind-farm in the same place, under the name of "green energy". It's laughable, and reduces the green argument credibility to nothing.

We're done for. How can prehistoric, or other historic sites, be protected if even the green belts hold no protection, or even the uplands adjacent to National Parks. The Lake District National Park is surrounded by wind-farms. Ok, the National Park is protected, but it is affected by the fact that the wind-farms are in the views from within the Park, and they exist right up to the very border.

House building in previously no-go areas is now the norm, and will, and does, have far-reaching consequences. Soon all areas will be free to build on due to the weak "affordable housing" argument. Yes, we do need affordable housing, but it's funny how a lot of this sort of housing isn't all that affordable to the people who need it.

Sad times ahead, I'm afraid.

TE.