Penguin, you say this isn't one of the important causes to espouse in ED in the context of Solomon's Passage but I think the two are intrinsically linked. If Southwark Council employees pick and choose which bits of the law relating to planning and buildings that they personally wish to enforce, and have the chutzpah to tell an elected councillor so, then it's no surprise that it starts with an illegal billboard and ends with an unsafe building. All of these laws are in place for a reason and Sotuhwark's job is to implement and administer them, not choose which bits they like and which they don't.