Intensification

The digger in the road the other day has turned out to have legitimate business here.

There was a property a few doors down fronted by a small white board house. It seems that the deal was that the developer could do what he liked in the back provided he kept the board house in front.

So what was on the back of the board house was ripped down and the digger has now dug out the back yard, this digging resulting in a procession of trucks down the street. A Canadian version of the trucks operated by Penwarden back in Epsom.

No doubt when we are next in town the hole will have turned into a small block of flats and no doubt other properties will have gone the same way, which will be a pity as we rather like the street as it is, a bit shabby and all. But we are puzzled as to how a developer a bit further along got permission to build a six storey block, not so many years ago, two storeys taller than anything nearby and four storeys taller than most of the existing housing. I thought that they were quite fierce about both that and trees around here. Maybe he knew somebody.

A Canadian version of what we call back land development back in Epsom. The cause, in our case, of much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Reference 1: http://www.psmv2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/diggers.html.

Reference 2: http://www.penwardenhaulage.co.uk/.

Reference 3: for trees, see https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8152054/tree_bylaw_en.pdf. Cross the functionary called the General Manager at your peril.