It’s not only unscrupulous property developers who think that they can build whatever they like and get away with it.
According to our favourite daily news site, News Biscuit, it appears that Ernst Blofeld, James Bond’s arch enemy has come a-cropper with plans to build a massive underground control centre and nuclear launch pad on the Wight.
The article goes on to state …
‘Even though it is mostly underground, it still exceeds the permitted development for this type of property’ explained Councillor Rosalind Johnson (Con). ‘We understand that the old mansion divides into two as the missile launchers rise up out of the ground from where they can fire enough nuclear weapons to destroy all the major cities of Western Europe and the American East Coast. If this were the case then we would want to ensure that the missile launchers are in keeping with the traditional late-Victorian style of this Grade II listed building within a conservation area’.
Under the Isle of Wight’s strict planning laws Ernst Blofeld may be left with no choice but to demolish the epicentre of his evil empire.
Sadly, this is clearly a piece of fiction, as many people’s experience around the Island is that the Isle of Wight planning department throwing the book at someone, is something that rarely happens.
Bravo to News Biscuit for once again making us laugh.
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