Does planning permission have to be advertised?!

seven-day-weekend

It has to be publicised, but not necessarily by letter. There may have been a planning notice pinned up near the site, especially if it is for outline consent only.

If it is a small development then adjoining neighbours (as in physically joining the site) may have been informed by letter but there is no obligation to do this, provided it is publicised in some way.

Alibat

Our council only seem send out notice of applications to the immediate neighbours. We had a letter about our neighbour's plans but not our next door but one neighbours. Could that be the case with you?

thegirlintheattic

I've spoken to the neighbor next door to the proposed development and she knew nothing about it - and is quite pee'd off, as she has been looking to sell and this will reduce the price of her house. I don't recall seeing a notice up, I walk past the site everyday. Tried to call the council but couldn't get through to anyone bar a switch board operator, so will try again tomorrow.

seven-day-weekend

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

I've spoken to the neighbor next door to the proposed development and she knew nothing about it - and is quite pee'd off, as she has been looking to sell and this will reduce the price of her house. I don't recall seeing a notice up, I walk past the site everyday. Tried to call the council but couldn't get through to anyone bar a switch board operator, so will try again tomorrow.

If she had objected to the development on those grounds, it is not classed as a valid objection anyway.

thegirlintheattic

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

If she had objected to the development on those grounds, it is not classed as a valid objection anyway.

Can you not object because there isn't the resources in the village? That is what most of us are worried about - particularly traffic and parking.

The school is full and there are already concerns about places in future years and the development would take away about 12 parking places on a street where parking is already very difficult (plus add extra cars).

Not to mention the houses with be a story bigger than any others in the village and will block the views and light from several gardens. I'm quite surprised anyone would want to build more houses as on the street behind a few new builds have been done last year. These are sitting empty, as is half the new housing estate built just outside the village.

Hopefully the council can clear things up tomorrow. Sorry for all the questions, I've never been in a similar position.

Cash-Cow_3

Most council's have online systems so you can search applications in your area. It would save a phone call and you will get to see all the plans, objections (if any), comments from the consultees (eg highways department), the officer's report and a decision notice.

seven-day-weekend

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Can you not object because there isn't the resources in the village? That is what most of us are worried about - particularly traffic and parking.

The school is full and there are already concerns about places in future years and the development would take away about 12 parking places on a street where parking is already very difficult (plus add extra cars).

Not to mention the houses with be a story bigger than any others in the village and will block the views and light from several gardens. I'm quite surprised anyone would want to build more houses as on the street behind a few new builds have been done last year. These are sitting empty, as is half the new housing estate built just outside the village.

Hopefully the council can clear things up tomorrow. Sorry for all the questions, I've never been in a similar position.

Yes, those are valid planning objections which will be taken into consideration whern the application is assessed.

If it has already been granted, there is not a lot you can do.

planning_officer

Surely you will be able to look on your Council's website and see the details of any planning application - the vast majority of Councils have all such details online, including a map you can zoom into, or search by postcode - it's very easy! Plus, if you're phoning to ask about something you could have found out about yourself, you'll be wasting the officer's time!

Just one thought, there is a slight chance that this application may be quite old, as the 3 year time limit only relates to implementing it, i.e. starting work. I've dealt with several cases recently where planning permission was granted around 20 years ago and provided the work started and the developer can prove that - foundations dug is the most common way of implementing a permission - then the permission remains 'live' forever. So in that scenario the developer could finish off the works at any time. It's certainly not a common situation though.

Mrs_Imp

If the planning permission is still valid, then the only thing you can do is buy the land yourself, or maybe get the whole street/village together to buy it. Then apply to bung some allotments/community orchard etc on it.

Fuzzyness

Mrs_Imp wrote: »

If the planning permission is still valid, then the only thing you can do is buy the land yourself, or maybe get the whole street/village together to buy it. Then apply to bung some allotments/community orchard etc on it.

that would be a very expensive patch of grass.