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Flats developer says promised payments to council now ‘unaffordable’(www.kentonline.co.uk)

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disgrunty@lemmy.world
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Fuck these developers.

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unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
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Then you get all your property seized to make up for it. Simple as that.

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Mex@feddit.ukOPM
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I tend to agree, they even still own them

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rayquetzalcoatl@feddit.uk
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oh no, property developers can’t afford to bribe the council? oh nooo oh noooo I feel so bad, think about all the predatory landlords that are missing out on somebody else’s income oh nooooo

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blazera@lemmy.world
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…am I missing something or is this straight up bribery?

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Mex@feddit.ukOPM
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which bit?

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blazera@lemmy.world
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The developer promising payment to a council to approve a development.

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jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de
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No, the money isn’t for the council members it’s “to provide facilities to a community following a development in the area.” Developments that are needed as a consequence of the new housing.

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