Bus stop/shelter to be relocated in front of my house

sdpoo

I feel one or two people are being a bit hard on the OP.

Personally I wouldn't buy a house with a bus stop in front of it and I'm sure it would put a lot of people off. I would be very annoyed if someone moved a bus stop in front of my house. It will result in noise, litter and intrusion of privacy.

I guess it's relative to where you live. City dwellers perhaps don't see what the big deal is, but I've chosen to live in a fairly rural area because I value privacy and quiet.

I'm surprised the council don't have to put notices up on the intended position of these things but perhaps they have dispensation to do as they please.

I hope the OP manages to come to terms with the new "feature" in front of his/her house, or manages to move on easily.

boliston

it could be handy for an older person who no longer drives - i have a bus stop outside my home and its not something i have ever thought of in a negative sort of way - people waiting at the stop are mainly pensioners and there is pribably more nouse generated by passing traffic than people using the stop

Armorica

But you never had official/designated on-road parking? You were just lucky... marked bays etc. would have been a different matter.

patman99

Write to the local planning officer asking whether due and correct procedure was followed. For instance, did the Council place a notice in the local paper at least 28 days prior to approving the planning application?. Also, they will have needed to displayed the planning application outlining the proposed position of the bus stop at or near to the site for not less than 28 days also.


You could of course, park your car where the new bus stop is going to be located and refuse to move it. The contractors will not work around it for fear of causing damage. Do it right and you could hold the Council to ransom and make the project to expensive.

victoriavictorious

patman99 wrote: »

Write to the local planning officer asking whether due and correct procedure was followed. For instance, did the Council place a notice in the local paper at least 28 days prior to approving the planning application?. Also, they will have needed to displayed the planning application outlining the proposed position of the bus stop at or near to the site for not less than 28 days also.


You could of course, park your car where the new bus stop is going to be located and refuse to move it. The contractors will not work around it for fear of causing damage. Do it right and you could hold the Council to ransom and make the project to expensive.

...Which the council will doubtless remove without further ado, whilst whacking poor OP with a massive bill and a trip to the pound in the middle of some windswept industrial estate to retrieve it (and where the bus route doesn't run!)

steampowered

Personally, I would see a bus stop just outside the house as convenient.

diggingdude

I would hate to have a bus stop outside my house, especially if it hadn't been there before. I would expect the house to be cheaper if buying it because of this, but thats just a gut feeling of mine i have no evidence it affects cost.
If it gets go ahead, take pictures daily the month before its moved of your garden and then start taking them daily once bus stop is in place. if there is a collection of rubbish coming into your garden once bus stop is there i would expect the council to be compensating (they never will, but the Daily Mail will run a story on it so practice your sad face for the photos')

Mickygg

steampowered wrote: »

Personally, I would see a bus stop just outside the house as convenient.

I bet you wouldn't if it was moved to right outside your house that you have paid hundreds of thousands of £££ for.

NeilCr

Mickygg wrote: »

I bet you wouldn't if it was moved to right outside your house that you have paid hundreds of thousands of £££ for.

Think that's an it's depends isn't it? Like others I am getting older and using the bus more and more. While not outside my house there is one outside our estate and it is hugely convenient. My partner, who cannot drive, is at least 10 minutes away from one and that's a real pain especially with a grandchild and shopping in tow. She'd be more than happy with a bus stop outside her house.

There are other factors to consider. Is it heavily used? Some stops on our route only have one or two people getting on and off. How often are the buses? Once an hour is different to once very five minutes. Who gets on and off there? As one poster said it could all be pensioners. And for me, most importantly, how big is the front garden? I'd be fine with a bus stop outside my house as long as there was a decent buffer.

lookstraightahead

I have a bus stop but no shelter outside my house. People sit in my wall, smoke fags and drop their litter. Others walk past with their dogs and stop to chat to people and their dogs pee up my wall too. But we do not have gangs hanging about.

I think you would get used to it op, but for others to say you are a nimby is very unfair when everyone chooses their houses for all sorts of reasons.