Recent content by spongemum

It ain't over till the fat lady sings

We are inclined to carry on with the wall as it does not affect any protected trees, it is overturning and has to be rebuilt anyway and will allow us to get a skip in to remove the soil and bushes that are banked up the back of it. We would only remove the part forming the access so if any...

Thanks daibrau, As it happens I have done exactly what you said today and have written to the planning manager asking what grounds the councillor has to demand it goes to committee. I have pointed out that we cannot see any material reasons to justify it but I am guessing that he intends to...

Can the committee refuse it when it has already been through appeal? The inspector was specific that it was aesthetically acceptable and not detrimental to highway safety which is what they refused it on last time in 2006 even though we were recommended for approval. We have support from...

Thanks for your reply daibrau. If you start work before the application has been determined does this invalidate that application? We wondered whether we could maybe withdraw the application and finish removing the part of the wall creating the access then resubmitting the proposal part...

Daibrau, we have been waiting over 13 weeks now for our application to be determined. We live opposite a councillor and he has controlled everything that happens in our road for years. We won the access we have applied for at appeal but that has now expired so we thought that this application...

We have applied for a new access which was part of a larger application which was refused by committee in 2006 but allowed by inspectorate in 2007. We have been told the planners will support it but they have delayed the decision for over 13 weeks now and our councillor neighbour has got one of...