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License property developers to stop speculators, says Zogolovitch
Trading consented land has become a disease, warns architect and developer
A leading architect and developer has called for property developers to be licensed to weed out speculators.
Roger Zogolovitch labelled the trading of land with planning consent a “disease” and said only developers who actually built things should be licensed.
The co-founder of architect CZWG and founder of developer Solidspace, told a roundtable discussion in London that allowing speculators to trade consented sites was eroding trust between developers and local communities.
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