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So the solution is simple. Park by reversing ONTO the drive so you exit forwards. So much safer and always my prefered method of parking.
I try and do this all the time now, its much safer yet many people dont do it whether parking in a car park or on a drive.
OP see if you can get a diagram and post it on here or a screenshot and mark the lampost etc.0 -
A lamp outside one of my bedrooms shone in, even through curtains. There are total black out blinds which I now have, so council will not move lamppost due to light interference. I think your salesperson was waffling. In the small print with developers there is usually a get out clause saying there may be small changes, which this is.0
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I have questioned this with the builder and they have said its the responsibility of the planning department. I have checked the original planning permission and the lamppost is correct to be where it is. In essence when we purchased the property we were shown the wrong plans, we wouldnt have purchased it if we knew the post would be there ... The salesperson has said that the planning reference will all be tracked on my application so they will be able to see I was shown the wrong plans
Were any lamp posts shown on that? Did it carry any caveats about scaling, accuracy or completeness?
Did you review the PP plans with your solicitor?
Did you select your solicitor from the developer's "recommendation", or did you get one who was independent from them?0 -
Trying to post a link to a picture but I am too new to the forum, is there a way around this?
I didnt look at the local authority plans until after the lamp post was erected.
AdrianC - Exactly, the plans we selected our plot off had the lamp posts in a planter on the other side of the road.
We didn't review PP plans, unfortunately we did use the developers recommendation.0 -
I didnt look at the local authority plans until after the lamp post was erected.
AdrianC - Exactly, the plans we selected our plot off had the lamp posts in a planter on the other side of the road.
We didn't review PP plans, unfortunately we did use the developers recommendation.
The definitive plans were there to look at if you chose.0 -
The developer's plans always look like a tweenager has been let loose with a packet of felt tips - all colourful and arty-farty. The actual planning department plans are the ones to look at.0
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Trying to post a link to a picture but I am too new to the forum, is there a way around this?
I didnt look at the local authority plans until after the lamp post was erected.
AdrianC - Exactly, the plans we selected our plot off had the lamp posts in a planter on the other side of the road.
We didn't review PP plans, unfortunately we did use the developers recommendation.
You can post the link but put a space in the link somewhere.0 -
We didn't review PP plans, unfortunately we did use the developers recommendation.
Any remedies are going to arise from your contract. Which leaves you (probably) with a few problems:
1. it may well say that the developer will build in accordance with the planning consent. Which is what they ought to do anyway. They can't just shift the lamppost without going back to the planners.
2. the contract is also likely to say explicitly than any brochures etc you might have seen are not binding on the developers.
3. the developers will always give themselves some leeway to make amendments to the development (especially about stuff which isn't even on your plot).0
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