Urban Planning Critic Pillows

'Whose bright idea was it to build a golf course next to the expressway?'

Sign Reform

Demonic Repossession.

Third Option

Look, Oog and Whonk just invented the intersection.

You dope! Why would you build our home right next to a power plant?

'I see the rebranded mobile methadone project got underway.'

Man at council planning offices can't get through door due to position of steps.

'It's the council's flood defence system.'

This site acquired for yet another housing development.

'Well, so much for our secluded beachfront property.'

New Eco Towns - 'The architects thought we said 'ego'.'

A Cactus giving a Bulldozer driver a rude gesture as it is being knocked down for development

This is our proposal for your new housing development. We've chosen to call it The Meadows.

"People don't live like that anymore."

"Listen, it starts with just a road. Then it's streets and then avenues, and before you know it, you're on the New Jersey Turnpike, wondering where it all went so wrong."

Don't walk on the grass.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree, on the condition that in included some affordable housing for key workers.

"I've found a filing cabinet here...a prime development opportunity! I reckon you could get three studio flats out of it!"

The Bright Side

"Maybe we're taking the wrong approach to traffic data gathering..."

"We must put this to a rigorous and thorough public consultation that we can then ignore if it disagrees with us."

'Elm and Oak? The streets were named after trees that were here before the developers cut them down.'

"We hadn't planned for this sort of traffic."

"Our sources show this is a heavily trafficked building of importance with ample storage. This must be their nation's capitol."

Planning Office - In-tray full of Tesco applications.

"I hate these tower blocks. . ."

One building with a lot of doors.

"Look kids - the countryside!"

'I gotta knock 'em all down, but don't worry, we're going to name all the streets after trees.'

Building an inferiority complex - debate over land use.

Unsocial housing.

Keep off the green belt!

'Entering Krentville -Dystopia of the northeast'

The Plight of Urban Encroachment