Paul Barker, Whilst I understand your point and have no doubt the the people that also lacked ambition and ended up as developers, planning officals, etc. do indeed make rules that end up with badly designed housing estates. If indeed the amount of space for parking is dictated why do builders build garages that you cannot park a car in? Also, given that the is no minimum or maximum width requirement for a driveway, why do builders make then only wide enough to open the doors on one side of the car if you park right over to one side of the driveway? To consider todays building industry as a profession is completley inappropriate. There is absolutly no doubt the the low standard of building firms result in many a disgruntled new home owner. I own a Barrat home and have had the most pathetic conversations with the company. I had many letters from them insisting that they would be building in accordance with the plans, despite there being a clear discrepancy. In short the garage slab was too high, the house slab too low, the pavement too high, the drive way sloped too much and the drainage was in the worng place. In addition the plan for parking was poorly thought through as were the road widths. It's the residence that have to live with these failings. So despite the plans actually being well designed for managing surface water, waste water, etc. the implementation meant that the plan was no longer effective. This is the builders fault. I believe we have every right to blame the building companies for the low quality of modern builds. The rules may well be wrong but the building firms have the ability to drive change into the rules. THey choose not to because it will affect their profits.

Comment on New Home Parking Problems by MJ