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Originally Posted by Yahoo
<snip>Oh, I don't know. I think the end user has often got more valuable info than a planner. Particularly a planner unfamiliar with the local needs and feelings.<snip>
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That's what Stalin thought in the 1930s Soviet Union - when it came to building dams, he chose to exile many of the engineers to Siberia (many died and of those that survived, many were subsequently executed). He replaced many of the engineers with salt of the earth proletariat (end users) with no knowledge of dam building. I don't have to tell you what that resulted in.
I don't think our planning department is unfamiliar with local needs, quite the contrary. That's not to say that their recommendations should go unchallenged.