The Ethics of Garden Grabbing (OCR Applied Unit 3)

Students preparing for OCR AS Applied Business Unit 3 (LC plc) need to spend a little time considering the ethics of property developers who used “garden grabbing” as a way to acquire development land over the last few years. Here are a few links which provide some useful information on the topic

The Great Garden Grab (The Ecologist)
An opinionated piece from an environmental pressure - but includes some useful information on the financial returns for housing developers (pre crash!)

Grab a Garden Q&A (BBC)
Useful Q&A article from the BBC South East website

Grab-a-Garden Developer Goes Bust (Birmingham Post)
Bringing the grad a garden story up to date - with some salutory lessons which students could use in their responses to the Unit 3 paper where relevant