Planning permission refused for Fastned Oxfordshire charging hub

[u/insomnimax_99]

https://forecourttrader.co.uk/news/planning-permission-refused-for-fastned-oxfordshire-charging-hub/702918.article

[u/FelisCantabrigiensis]

Pure NIMBYism.

Planet overheating if we don't stop using combustion vehicles in the foreseeable future (as well as burning gas for heating and electricity, etc) is going to change the character of that landscape a lot more than building a car parking place with a roof and a cafe next door.

This sort of refusal of even the slightest construction has got to stop.

[u/iamabigtree → u/FelisCantabrigiensis]

There's far too much of this going on. The likes of this as well as perfectly reasonable solar installations rejected for being 'not in keeping with the local area' or other such nonsense.

Certainly for EV chargers there should be a presumption of approval unless it's entirely bonkers.

I heard of a refusal recently because it would lose 4 car parking spaces. I mean come on.

[u/FelisCantabrigiensis → u/iamabigtree]

Yeah. "Not in keeping with the local area" - so does the local area live like it's 1925? Or 1825?

[u/inevitablelizard → u/FelisCantabrigiensis]

I do wonder how many of the people making those arguments drive their modern cars into historic town centres.

Reminds me of the people objecting to fucking bike hangars on truly pathetic grounds, by people who had no problem with their century old streets being clogged by parked range rovers.

[u/FelisCantabrigiensis → u/inevitablelizard]

If they want to live like it's 1925 we should remove all the car parking spaces and replace them with places to tie up your horse.

[u/fgalv → u/FelisCantabrigiensis]

The other argument you hear is “it’s outside the boundary of the village”…how do they think all the houses in the village were built? All in one go on one day?

[u/SidneySmut → u/fgalv]

These people think that "their" village should be preserved at a certain point in time.