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The Wiki Man

The case for ‘Areas of Outstanding Natural Ugliness’

25 January 2025

9:00 AM

25 January 2025

9:00 AM

I was leaving the car park of my local shop yesterday – a manoeuvre which involves a hair-raising reverse on to a busy road – when a thought struck me. ‘There’s no chance anyone would get planning permission for a shop here today.’ Either someone from the council would declare there was no safe vehicular access, or else neighbours would complain about the noise.

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