But to some, the hospital development is "the 800-pound gorilla of inappropriate development projects," said Mr. Berman.
By blocking the proposed plan, "inappropriate development will not take place, but rather you will allow for future development that will be protective of natural resources".
However, opponents have raised fears that the process causes earthquakes, can pollute water supplies, lead to inappropriate development in the countryside and damage house prices.
Selling off parkland, transferring the management to corporate interests, "inappropriate development" and commercialisation – these are all strategies Dave Morris tells me he has seen authorities deploy.
Though critics of the larger rezoning measure fear it will change the character of 125th Street — and Harlem — by encouraging inappropriate development, Mr. Barth said no one objected specifically to the bank restrictions.
The concerns levelled by local campaigners in Ealing are quite damning, particularly because Warren Farm is designated metropolitan open land, which under the London Plan should prevent any inappropriate development "except in very special circumstances".
The dispute deepened two weeks ago when the National Trust for Historic Preservation listed the battlefield as one of the country's 11 most endangered historic places, citing "inappropriate development" as the reason for its selection.
To prevent inappropriate development in the Val d'Aràn, which is cherished for its environment and its culture (it has its own language, which belongs to the Occitan family), planning controls are strict.
Other projects that made it on to the shortlist include a student housing complex in North Acton, designed by Careyjones Chapmantolcher, a mean-minded mountain of rabbit-hutch rooms that prompted a local resident to stand for parliament on a "ban inappropriate development" platform.
