On 23/10/2011 20:37, Chris Pawley wrote:
Can you imagine how great it would be if that map extended to the
whole country, and showed the land registry information for every last
piece of land? I reckon many people's view of where power really lies
in our country would shift quite a bit for the better (as well as
being a handy tool for people working out where to buy or build
stuff).
I couldn't agree more! It would certainly shine a spot light on the
wealth inequality in the UK - and the privilege structures that prop
it up.
It would be hugely controversial, as a lot of people would see it as an
invasion of privacy. I get regular emails and letters from people
complaining that I've put details of their house on
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk - I even had a letter from an MP last week
- even though all of the published data is already freely available.
Making data available that isn't currently free would be even more
likely to attract complaints.
One table of the top landowners looks like this (Table 1/7B p19)
1. The top 40,000 millonaire agricultural landowners in the UK -
28,180,212 acres
2. The 16,800,000 private homeowners in the UK - 2,800,800 acres
3. Forestry Commission - 2,400,000 acres
4. The MoD - 750,000 acres
5. Lands controlled by the Royal Family (Crown Estate, Duchies of
Cornwall and Lancs and private ) - 677,000 acres
How about that for the OccupyFolks to latch on to regarding the 1% and the 99% !
That's possibly a bit misleading, because the biggest landowners in
terms of acreage are obviously going to be farmers and the state. A more
useful comparison would be land ownership by value.
Mark
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