Prince Charles and Chelsea Barracks

Prince Charles was passionate about getting this development stopped and he pulled strings with his royal mates to do it. Is that wrong? MPs and architects have lined up to condemn him and say 'normal democratic planning processes' should have taken their course. What I know is this - there is nothing democratic about planning processes; peoples' views are hardly ever taken into account; famous architects totally intimidate planning officers and councillors; Government overrides local planning agreements; and I'll tell you what, LORD Rogers is perfectly capable of pulling his own strings to get what he wants. What we have here is poor and lazy architecture by a big name. Have a look for yourself. I'm old enough to have seen the scandals of the sixties when perfectly good buildings were torn down and replaced by ugly concrete slums in the name of modernism. Please, let's not make that same mistake again. Good on you, Prince Charles.
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