Hi all,
I have an issue which both planning and highways are interested in.
I recently started an extension and part of the planning application was to rearrange the garden to introduce parking and turning within our site. Up until now, we have had a 'pull-in' which we had to reverse out of, down the lane and reverse onto the highway.....not ideal with 3 kids in the car.
The planning drawing showed the new drive and parking area and had levels on it indicating the level of the land - it did not specifically note a retaining structure - I didn't notice this on the drawings but the levels show the parking area above the highway level. The planner had been to site before and during the planning process so was aware of the up and down site we have.
There is no record of highways being consulted by the planner which I thought would be standard practice - normally there is at least a condition of turning space, vision splays or driveway materials.
The planner now says the retaining gabions are an unlawful development and highways are saying we have encroached on the highway by building in 'their' verge'. When asked where the boundary was for my site, i was told it is somewhere in the hedgerow. The road narrows and widens, had hedgerow one minute then not.....
Highways want me to move a 12m x 1.5m x 1m gabion structure back 500mm and planning want a separate planning application for it. We paid a premium to have the gabion stone built on the face rather than just tipped in and everyone who passes mentions how good they look.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Dave.
I have an issue which both planning and highways are interested in.
I recently started an extension and part of the planning application was to rearrange the garden to introduce parking and turning within our site. Up until now, we have had a 'pull-in' which we had to reverse out of, down the lane and reverse onto the highway.....not ideal with 3 kids in the car.
The planning drawing showed the new drive and parking area and had levels on it indicating the level of the land - it did not specifically note a retaining structure - I didn't notice this on the drawings but the levels show the parking area above the highway level. The planner had been to site before and during the planning process so was aware of the up and down site we have.
There is no record of highways being consulted by the planner which I thought would be standard practice - normally there is at least a condition of turning space, vision splays or driveway materials.
The planner now says the retaining gabions are an unlawful development and highways are saying we have encroached on the highway by building in 'their' verge'. When asked where the boundary was for my site, i was told it is somewhere in the hedgerow. The road narrows and widens, had hedgerow one minute then not.....
Highways want me to move a 12m x 1.5m x 1m gabion structure back 500mm and planning want a separate planning application for it. We paid a premium to have the gabion stone built on the face rather than just tipped in and everyone who passes mentions how good they look.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Dave.
