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Thanks, that's what I thought. So I asked them for specifics of why my sheds were non-domestic. They explained that they believed my sheds were for the purpose of of an animal shelter. I have now told them that I am not running an animal shelter and the sheds are for my own personal pets...

Hahaha, very tempting, if only it were that easy! I do wonder what 'evidence' they have to support their claims though. Let me rephrase my previous question in another way: Lets say someone has a nice big garden and they want to start a small catering business, so they erect a small garden...

Hi blueboy, thanks for your reply. I've received another letter this morning, after I sent them a letter demanding answers. They ignored all of my specific questions, and also ignored my request for a meeting, they have also changed their story and now state that I am running an 'animal...

I just seen your edit. Hahaha you are completely right, what a powerful lady my gran is and I am sure if the time comes she will put people in their place. However, I absolutely want to avoid that if it is possible. She is so happy that I am in this house, enjoying it and looking after it. At...

Thanks again cjard, you are right and that does sound like a better way of explaining what I just might do. The house has been willed to my mum. It's a family matter that has been discussed to great extent as we are aware something awful could happen if she passes away and the process wasn't...

Hahaha, thanks guys. That's some great advice and some good ideas. Cjard - Thanks for the point about the curtilage of the property, thankfully I have checked and my large back garden is a direct part of the domestic property. You set my mind at ease a bit and put things into perspective...

Thanks Richard, yes my solicitor said in this instance he would be willing to do that, I said I needed a couple more days to make sure that was the right decision. How would the planners react to a solicitors letter? Are they just going to pretend like it doesn't matter like any other...

Hey folks. First of all, thank you for the comments that I have not yet replied to. Unfortunately this situation is not yet resolved, and is getting more and more difficult to deal with. I did not hear from the planners for almost two months, and part of me thought that the situation had died...

From what little information they have given me, on the enforcement notice it will say something like 'the sheds and enclosures are out of scale'. But they are not basing this on the size or the number of the sheds, they seem to be basing this on the fact that I am keeping animals in them. There...

Thanks Woody, yes our complaint is solely about how they have dealt with the case in giving us information. We think we are going to apply for planning permission. We wanted to avoid this because we stand by the fact that what we are doing is permitted development and we hoped that we could...

Hey guys, things are starting to escalate now and I am at my wits end :( After numerous calls to the planning department to try to find out exactly what my breach is, they've still been extremely unwilling to give out too much information. I asked them if they could tell me the exact...

Hi there Mark, thanks very much for the reply. So I am okay to wait for the enforcement letter, and then make an appeal? I'm just nervous about that because the planners have been really unhelpful in explaining the whole procedure. When I called them to ask how I can appeal, they have told...

Hi kingandy - no, we don't keep any animals at all for the purpose of breeding. Our passion is exotic animals, we keep many small species such as meerkats, possums, prairie dogs and sugar gliders etc. All of the animals we own are neutered, we don't breed them or run any kind of business with...

Kbdiy - yep, I definitely agree its a lot of sheds! That's why I was so nervous and careful when starting this project, but I did call the planning department to ask exactly what I was allowed to do and they said if I followed the 9 rules that I posted here on page 1 that I would be within...

done, thanks!! :)

Here we go, hopefully this works! When we first moved to the property: After clearing most of the trees and rubbish: When the sheds arrived: With three of the pens started (this is when we were told to stop work): In total there are ten small wooden sheds and three...