Hiding a house...

While I agree the right decision was made, it would be nice for the planners to have a nightmare instead of creating one for everyone else...
 
This house will never be knocked down. This is a beautiful house that has been lovingly created. I will do whatever it takes to keep it.
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LOL! :D

I watched a program on it a few years back. It was crazy, he just hid the entire development by parking loads of trailers with highly stacked hay bails and such around it. It's a shame if it does get knocked down, because it's a really nice building. Think of the cost to him as well! :o
 
I had a guy claiming he was living in a gardne shed for 10 years in thr Green Belt, if he had won it hes 5k plot he brought would be worth 300k... people will go to very lengthy methods to try and get planning.

Borich
 
borich_planner said:
I had a guy claiming he was living in a gardne shed for 10 years in thr Green Belt, if he had won it hes 5k plot he brought would be worth 300k... people will go to very lengthy methods to try and get planning.

Borich
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It would be much easier if planning law (and planners) were not so obstructive. We could also save money by not employing as many of them...

(as you may have guessed, I'm not a fan of council planners or planning departments, it's nothing personal :))
 
lowrider007 said:
I don't really understand much about planning laws but why does this chap have it knocked down?, is it becuase it's on public property or something?
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Because the council say so, even though it's on his property, not harming anyone and so on.
 
lowrider007 said:
I don't really understand much about planning laws but why does this chap have it knocked down?, is it becuase it's on public property or something?
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IIRC it was built without any form of planning permission, something which is obviously required for this sort of property.

I can remember it being on a program a while back where the owner went on about how the Queen could use it as a castle or something.
 
JAMAL said:
Surely planners have reasons to refuse applications:confused:
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With the obscenely and unnecessarily complex nature of planning law in this country, virtually anything can be found as grounds to reject an application if they want to.
 
JAMAL said:
Surely planners have reasons to refuse applications:confused:
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Far too many reasons to refuse applications.

And then you have another part of the council that goes around hassling owners that leave properties empty. A friend of mine had no end of hassle as one part of the council was refusing planning permission and another part of the council was badgering him about a main road property being empty.
 
Dolph said:
Because the council say so, even though it's on his property, not harming anyone and so on.
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Could they not fine him for not informing the planning office and then just check to make sure it's safe?

If it's safe then keep it up. Sounds like the common sense approach although that rarely happens.
 
me227 said:
Could they not fine him for not informing the planning office and then just check to make sure it's safe?

If it's safe then keep it up. Sounds like the common sense approach although that rarely happens.
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They could, but they won't. I can understand why, it creates a perverse incentive to build without permission.

However, the system currently in place also does that through the sheer bureaucracy and pettiness involved in the process...
 
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