Originally Posted by
darren6012
Skipness - You cant say just one flight on a saturday afternoon. They signed up to a section 106 - whether you agree with it or not.
And actually Newham are being unindated with wealth - olympics and crossrail. Its just very very badly managed.Have a look at Building 1000 - The council ended up having to buy it for over £100 million cause no businessess would go into it because of the airport - hardly good for jobs in Newham then.There is a curfew on flights.Its a law. It needs to be respected.
Anyone who has ever worked with Section 106 agreements with local authorities (things you have to do in return for planning permission) will know that in any other aspect of life they would lead to a law case for blackmail.
Building 1000 which overlooks the airport lay vacant for some years because the developer was looking for too high a price for it (poor location, very little car parking, area around it is industrial wasteland), had gone ahead without a prearranged tenant (the developer's own stupidity), and they finally "persuaded" the local council to take it. Yes, a complete squandering of local taxpayers money. Hey ho, it's only mine.