The barn dance is over |
His trouble was that he got found out. Local planners hate being bested and the courts hate a wise guy. Of course, a 100 years ago and all this would be a complete nonsense. Beesley could build whatever he wanted so long as he owned the land and the finished article didn't scare women and horses! We have a Canadian to thank for our lot with the planners. Peacehaven in Sussex is the cause of successive town and country planning acts. Following a competition in the Daily Express (where else?) the notion was to find a name for a model village on the South Downs for returning soldiers from the First World War. The name of Peacehaven was chosen, but the land lotery became a farce with bungalows being built over boundaries of other properties. The resulting chaos gave planners a chance to become legalised busy bodies. The rest is history!
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