Best Way To Object A Planning Application? Hes At It AGAIN!! UPDATED 19/06

missprint

I wish you luck on this one, but the decisions of planning officers are unfathomable to those of us who live in the real world. At least you will know you did your best. If you win keep an eye on what your neighbour is up to. He can keep on applying and could eventually wear the planning committee down through persistance.

divadee

missprint wrote: »

I wish you luck on this one, but the decisions of planning officers are unfathomable to those of us who live in the real world. At least you will know you did your best. If you win keep an eye on what your neighbour is up to. He can keep on applying and could eventually wear the planning committee down through persistance.

thats what i think will happen. we all thought a bungalow would end up there, but he claims tonight that a bungalow is to big to go on the land!! so fingers crossed he is telling the truth.

as he is having financial trouble, i think the best way would be to drag it on and on so he cant afford it anymore. Some will say thats mean, but why start all this if you are up to your eyes in debt move and buy a flat :rolleyes:

i would feel bad if it bankrupted him or something, but not for to long

missprint

If he is in such financial difficulties, how is he going to pay for the new build? Maybe he is intending to sell the property with planning permission attached.

divadee

missprint wrote: »

If he is in such financial difficulties, how is he going to pay for the new build? Maybe he is intending to sell the property with planning permission attached.

thats what none of us can work out!!!

he claimed tonight he was going to live in the new house and sell the existing one. The only way we think is if he got a self build mortgage where they release payment in stages



im just beginning to wonder wether to employ a planning consulatant to work for us. BUt it would mean we would use all our savings on this.

I was quietly confident yesterday and this one conversation mr divadee had with him has smashed any confidence and left it in tatters.

I dont want to move, i love this bungalow. It was mr divadees nans bungalow and we inherited half of it and bought the other half off a family member.

To make matters worse it is the 5th anniversary of her death today and having this hanging over us is making everything 10 times worse.

I will porbably feel a bit better tomorrow, but for now, im angry, bitter, resentful to my neighbour and very upset.

missprint

Don't let it get you down, what will be will be. For now you need to concentrate on making sure your objection is as strong as possible and show the council you will not give in without a fight. Remember, the planning officers don't know your property so any visual aid you can add will help them to see your point of view. Take photos of your property and neighbouring ones, maybe try and find a detailed aerial photo and listen to the advice of eveyone who has posted replies so far.

seven-day-weekend

Agree swith missprint about sending photographs. The Planning Officer will come out on site at some point in their assessment of the application and will take the position of your house into consideration; however you sending some photographs beforehand can only be helpful.

olly300

divadee wrote: »

thats what none of us can work out!!!

he claimed tonight he was going to live in the new house and sell the existing one. The only way we think is if he got a self build mortgage where they release payment in stages

If he's that much in debt then he's going to have difficulty getting anyone to lend him money. This is according to other people on this board including those who are trying to get 100% mortgages there is a credit crunch and news like this:
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2167853,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6992450.stm
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article2441754.ece

divadee wrote: »

I was quietly confident yesterday and this one conversation mr divadee had with him has smashed any confidence and left it in tatters.

The only viable option would be to sell the property with planning permisson but then why would a seasoned developer give up buying the property when he realised you wouldn't sell him part of your garden?

I think your neighbour is bluffing as he has already chopped down trees on his property so no one can object to that.

Your neighbour knows you are likely to be the only one to object so if he tells you that it's going through then he thinks you are unlikely to bother working out how to raise an objection after all it is already involving you doing a lot of work in a short time period.

Remember at the moment he doesn't realise that:
1. there are already letters of objection without you prompting people.
2. you are doing the work and around getting more letters of objection

Keep your chin up and work on making your objection stronger.

matto

I wonder if the planning official who first saw it didn't realise what area it was in. It seems likely that in other areas of the borough such infill development would be more acceptable. However, your area has been specifically identified as being one in which inappropriate infill development will not be allowed. On that basis you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

If you want an aerial pic try this link:

http://xfacts.com/widgets/map.swf

There are buttons on the side for selecting Google earth or Microsoft Virtual Earth. Sometimes for the most detailed images one works better than the other.

Catblue

A similar thing happened to my sister recently.

A new neighbour wanted to build another house in his (rather small) garden. He submitted the plans to the Planning Office, visited all the neighbours saying that it wasn't worth objecting to it because he had "an agreement in principle" (his words) with the planners. He also said that planning permission was "a formality".

All the neighbours objected to it and his plan was refused.

He immediately sold his existing house and left the area.

divadee

olly300 wrote: »

Remember at the moment he doesn't realise that:
1. there are already letters of objection without you prompting people.
2. you are doing the work and around getting more letters of objection

Keep your chin up and work on making your objection stronger.

thanks for that.

we have about 14 petters so far, and about a 70 page petition that he doesnt know about te he!!!


I think he was bluffing, but last night i was like what if he isnt!! I dont think any planning officer, when submitting an application would state 'a mere formality' it wouldnt be worth him risking his job!!