Recent content by Theda

It's very wrong... but some people just don't care, especially if there's a big fat bribe...:(

Please believe me, it happened... and I had put in an identical application the year before for conversion of my own stables, which were just 5m away from my (multi-millionaire) neighbours... which was refused!

No bats as yet, unfortunately, but I will be putting up bat boxes once I know what's going & what's staying... There is evidence that bats had previously been roosting in the pump house, but someone has blocked the vets with chicken wire... possibly so they could apply for building permission, I...

Thank you... I am in my element! There is a 'resident' kestrel who has been very busy, though... I'm worried that he has taken the lizards I spotted early on and which I've never seen again since... :( ... I'm currently trying to find out more about the extremely deep well which was dug by the...

Many thanks for your comments.... Firstly, the silo is actually quite light inside... what you can't see in my photo is the Crittal French doors which are South facing, as are the two hatches in the roof... I am retired. I sold my home and decided to do something I have dreamed of all my life...

Oh... yes, I remember that 'castle'... I didn't really like it, but each to his own! It's a shame that they had worked so hard... Hmmm... I think I may definitely need some help filling in the application form, although it's quite simple in that I shall be asking for retrospective permission to...

Thanks for the replies! I think I've rather painted myself into a corner... I shoudn't have put up the silo (see attached) without researching more thoroughly. I was told that silos didn't need pp and just assumed that it would be ok. Now I'm up the creek without a paddle... I don't have very...

I was contacted by my local planning dept to say that I need to make a retrospective application for a grain silo which I have erected on my land and intend for use as an artists studio. The land is greenbelt/brownfield having been previously developed as a water pumping station and a building...