Stopping a supermarket from erecting scafolding on my land

lovelyhead

Mojisola wrote: »

If my OH started to focus on a campaign like this when I was so close to delivery, I'd be very unhappy.

The most important thing is your life at the moment should be the new arrival and the well-being of your OH.

My Wife agrees with my opinion that we shouldn't just bend over and let them do what they like on land that we part own.

System

lovelyhead wrote: »

Ah, So there are lawyers present on this thread. Good to know.

There may well be, but your ignorance shows no bounds - pay for a lawyer to tell you the hard truths if you want, it's your time and money!
There are a lot more than lawyers involved in procuring buildings btw, and not all disputes are settled by lawyers but I'm surprised an expert like yourself wouldn't be able to settle this without any outside advice!!

Really bizarre turnaround, start by saying you've spoken to a lawyer and asking if others had experience of issues like this, then complain when you get things you don't want to hear, then back track that you have to ask a lawyer, then complain that you're not getting comments exclusively from lawyers.... I'm out

wymondham

looking on the bright size, you could increase the size of your kitchen quickly by not having fridge or freezer and pop out to get bits as needed ... perfect?

silverwhistle

lovelyhead wrote: »

I can't beat the supermarket as they have already won. As far as I am aware I can stop them from entering our land though. If that means I can gain some money out of a bad situation, I would be happy with that, move away and get on with our lives.

But that is not how it comes over; it seems from outside that you are just being awkward and, from the facts we know any substantial financial gains are unlikely.

So what is you bottom line? Would an ex-gratia payment of (say) £500 be enough? It would be a welcome contribution to your moving fees. At the moment nobody would be able to negotiate with you as you're still in stamp your feet mode, are winding yourself up, and not listening to anybody who tells you anything you don't want to hear.

dominoman

I'd love to live next to a small supermarket. Can we swap houses?

paddy's_mum

Imagine how much money you could save having all day every day access to the Salmonella Shelf items!

phoenix_w

dominoman wrote: »

I'd love to live next to a small supermarket. Can we swap houses?

I'm going to spend up to £2000 on legal provocation which will delay your move a couple of days and make you mildly annoyed. How do you like them apples?

Davesnave

dominoman wrote: »

I'd love to live next to a small supermarket. Can we swap houses?

As someone who has a 20 mile round trip to the nearest proper supermarket, I almost concur!

lewishardwick

Bit late to the party here.

Have you asked the supermarkets property management dept what they can do to ease the disruption?

I appreciate having a young family next to a building site/supermarket isn't idea, but being awkward isn't going to resolve anything.

Could the wall be re-designed to reduce the impact/noise? Could the use of trees/hedges be considered to ease the pain? They are not complete monsters and will listen to suggestions.

I used to work for a large DIY store chain. They got planning permission (after a lengthy battle with local residents) for a new sore. to appease the nearby property owners, they each received an additional 15' of rear garden along with landscaping and planting of mature trees to reduce any noise from the car-park. The parking spaces on the stores land were marked 'drive in only' to even help reduce potential fumes...

Pay_me

Are you willing to post up the local authority and planning application number for this development?

I would be highly surprised if this development, so close to residential property was granted approval without conditions and or impact assessments being undertaken first.