When will someone join up the dots and recognise this trend

Apply for planning permission, promise to build a solid quota of affordable homes then apply to half the number of the homes we really need?

http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/16085472.Developer_moves_step_closer_to_starting_work_on_Wyvern_Park_housing_and_business_park_for_Skipton/

http://www.cravenherald.co.uk/news/16069760.Skipton_Wyvern_Park_developer_set_to_get_proposed_changes_to_mixed_housing_and_business_scheme_agreed_next_week/