Can I object to the "reasonable development" near my home

davidmcn

Earlgrey wrote: »

I do plan to object to it as well as all the neighbours around the land

Then let them (or somebody who isn't even a neighbour) make whatever points you were proposing to make.

Earlgrey

Thanks for all your above suggestions.

My town council will have meeting very soon for voting but my solicitor is very slow. Possibly I have to submit my objection before getting any suggestions from solicitor, which is a risk.

PixelPound

Have you looked at what the original application failed on? It probably isn't because of its looks, and a larger building may still fail.
Its not unusual for applications to be tweaked and resubmitted, we had one on land adjacent to ours that currently has garages on, and after three attempts they have decided to not pursue (failed on increased traffic and drainage concerns)

Doozergirl

Earlgrey wrote: »

Thanks for all your above suggestions.

My town council will have meeting very soon for voting but my solicitor is very slow. Possibly I have to submit my objection before getting any suggestions from solicitor, which is a risk.

You have a deadline for objections. The period is normally three weeks (off the top of my head) which starts quite soon after the app goes in. If a committee date has been set for councillors then someone wants a different result to what the planning officers are recommending - this would indicate that the consultation period has finished.

You may just be mistaken on the timescales though.

Earlgrey

nic_c wrote: »

Have you looked at what the original application failed on? It probably isn't because of its looks, and a larger building may still fail.
Its not unusual for applications to be tweaked and resubmitted, we had one on land adjacent to ours that currently has garages on, and after three attempts they have decided to not pursue (failed on increased traffic and drainage concerns)

I have just checked the main reason of rejection (for the main application and appeal). It appears that what the inspection and council pointed out is the appearance of the previous plan (smaller and lower building) does not fit with the area. This is a high risk as they did not consider much the distance issue of the building to my house and could allow the develop to build a full size big house squeezing into the plot.

I also understand now the developer is notorious in the region with a reputation "destroying the historical town" by demolishing several beautiful sites.

Earlgrey

Doozergirl wrote: »

You have a deadline for objections. The period is normally three weeks (off the top of my head) which starts quite soon after the app goes in. If a committee date has been set for councillors then someone wants a different result to what the planning officers are recommending - this would indicate that the consultation period has finished.

You may just be mistaken on the timescales though.

3 weeks deadline is the county's council's and the town's council meeting is immediate in 2 days that they did not tell me at least. What I have learned is if the town's council approves there's no need to go to county's council.

So efforts need to made to reject the planning at the town's council stage.