Recent content by Dsa-Realist

At last the adults are in the building! Well potentially. Chadwick’s disciples are getting all excited of course. Because magma might fly in once a week they are imagining Jet 2, Virgin, BA and EasyJet with every European and international option you can imagine. Who knows, maybe with control of...

I’m far from convinced that he is really any more credible than Ros. Public sector all his life with little understating of value for money and commercial reality

This whole debacle just gets worse. So are CDC going to develop gateway east themselves? A terrifying thought given the property developments they have been involved in to date have been far from successful. Will “the people” of “the people’s airport” be happy with “the people’s debt” that follows?

Or national planning policy at appeal!

Why on this planet would you think that? With all due respect, it would strengthen Peel’s already considerable hand as an economic regeneration partner. What are the Harworth Group known for in this area? Ah yes the regeneration of brownfield pit sites into industrial estates and housing. Sound...

Business rates is my industry. CDC can do nothing to affect actual rateable values and unless there are significant legislation changes they cannot change the UBR (the pence in the pound that is charged) to occupiers either. CDC’s comments on business rates is purely down to what they keep in...