Complete Abolition Of Building Control Not Favoured Yet
Total decontrol of building activity at this time would not produce more buildings but would intensify the already difficult competition as between one job and another for the limited supplies of material and labour.
This was said by Mr W. E. Larvelle at a recent meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce He was commenting on the progressive decline in the percentage of building deferments over ' the past three years. He said that commercial and industrial applications were still carrying the main brunt of building control. The deferments over a long period were reflected in critical space shortages and a lowered standard of working conditions for many people. The need for more generous treatment of these two classes of buildings should be kept constantly under review. “The capacity of the building industry to produce buildings is the ultimate control,” said Mr Lavelle, “and there is no evidence that the industry is as yet capable of producing even the volume of building for which approval can be obtained.”
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 4, 4 October 1950, Page 6
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175Complete Abolition Of Building Control Not Favoured Yet Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 4, 4 October 1950, Page 6
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