Demolishing arguments

[scottieroader]

"Our rigid and nationalised planning system is also delivering the wrong kind of housing. In a March 2005 MORI poll, 50 per cent of those questioned favoured a detached house and 22 per cent a bungalow. Just 2 per cent wanted a low rise flat and 1 per cent a flat in a high rise block. But houses and bungalows use more land, so while in 1990 about an eighth of newly built dwellings were apartments, by 2004 this had increased to just under a half."

But you can't always have what you want... I've always thought it a little suspect to base things purely on what market research shows that people want.

Firstly... can all those people who want a detached house actually afford one, or are we just going to end up building loads of unaffordable homes.

Secondly... if everyone could have the home of their dreams, we'd quickly run out of land.