tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post5182675168019735849..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Jim and Sandra move to the countryside. A story of planning policy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-4337194567615164022014-03-03T20:47:22.684+00:002014-03-03T20:47:22.684+00:00Not that it stops there, of course. Joe doesn'...Not that it stops there, of course. Joe doesn't have any money because farming won't be making him any profit, in spite of all the subsidies he receives for farming land that produces little. And presumably these restrictions were brought in for environmental reasons, but those who've followed that rewilding "debate" will know to query the environmental value of Joe's farm. <br /><br />Jim is used to hard work, he might enjoy the thought of planting and running a forest as a total change from his desk-bound activities. (let's go wild and imagine he gets some kind of subsidy as a reward for his stewardship of the land, at or somewhat less than what Joe was getting). And he might have been able to hire- even house- some Dartmoor youth who likes the thought of working with his hands, can't get a farm or a farm labourer's job, and for a series of obvious reasons doesn't want to be on the dole or leave the place he knows and loves.<br /><br />But as you observe, none of this would be allowed to happen.asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.com