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[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

I'm fairly sure, but have no evidence, that the argument is "the council approved these plans therefore it's the council's fault my house is falling off the cliff". Floating over the fact that the council approved a plan where there was 50m of vegetation securing the cliff edge... All of which has mysteriously disappeared over the last 15 years.

Also apparently caveat emptor is only for poor people.

[-] solstice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What council? Wouldn't their insurance be on the hook then? Eventually somewhere an insurer has written a policy for that $10m cliff side house. Per my previous point, hopefully their actuaries accurately priced the risk.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Sorry. I lapsed into some specifics of my locale. Didn't realise I was in world news.

We have city councils. They are responsible for approving building plan/permits. They tend to be either unless pedantic or grossly negligent.

There's been a trend here to blame that council for when a property becomes uninhabitable. E.g. by a cliff face eroding over time, accelerated by actions of the property owner.

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