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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 hours ago

Love the ruling:

In an official ruling that has since gained legendary status among town planners for its defence of art, Michael Heseltine's planning inspector, Peter MacDonald, acknowledged that the shark was "not intended to be in harmony" with its surroundings, and addressed the council's concerns about potential "proliferation with sharks (and heaven knows what else) crashing through roofs all over the city." He wrote: This fear is exaggerated. In the five years since the shark was erected, no other examples have occurred ... any system of control must make some small place for the dynamic, the unexpected, the downright quirky. I therefore recommend that the Headington Shark be allowed to remain."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 hours ago

It's now an Airbnb, although I don't think the inside is shark themed unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

'Emerging' doesn't really seem like the correct descriptor here

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago

Oh that's much better! 👍