Quote Originally Posted by Waterways View Post
World Heritage has nothing to do with this. Because some incompetent minister screws up don't blame WH. When people call Liverpool a slum, because the London and Manchester based media have perpetuated that myth, and you say most of the centre and extensive parts of the docks are World Heritage Zones I just like the look at their faces when told. The status pulls Liverpool up to world city. Value it!!!! Don't blame WHS status, blame primarily the idiot LibDem councillors who voted against this project, who you can always vote out and should be voted out, and then some idiotic washed out tart in Whitehall with a bent husband.

Central government in London should have no say in what is built in Liverpool - not their business. This over centralised country again - the most centralised in the western world. Appeals should be local - maybe with some regional people called in as independent.
Agreed! IT isn't WHS causing the problems, it is the way it is being used that is scuppering major projects. Having a WHS in a city is completely different from having it somewhere like the Taj Mahal. Liverpool is a thriving city and any WHS here must expect to have new 21st Century buildings built nearby. Another thing that has confused me about Kellys' comments is the fact that she said that it would damage views from and to the WHS. So why the F**k is there a 40 storey skyscraper being built right next to the Liver Building? (beetham tower) This just proves that there is something going on to stop projects like these going ahead. Beetham West Tower proves that tall buildings can be placed close to, or even in WHS' without damaging any of the existing architecture. The thing is, Brunswick Quay is miles away from the WHS compared to Beetham West. This is really starting to P**s me off!!!