Where I live here in Norfolk I would need to apply for planning permission to pebble dash my house (which would probably not be granted) and likewise to fit non-sash windows, again unlikely to be granted. I accept that is because I live in a “listed” building but the principle applies.
It’s about neighbourhoods and neighbours. If people have taken care with their homes and have pride in the appearance of their homes and neighbourhoods, is it really so wrong to have agreed standards, agreed by the majority ar by the representatives of the electorate?
Isn’t that what democracy is all about, establishing laws and regulations by the elected bodies?
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I am an old man. I have eaten much salt.
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