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^No. In my opinion it their job as a professionals to know the rules no matter how complicated. They should not be 'learning the rules' at your expense!

For sure permitted dev. was set up to help speed up the process under certain restricted circumstances. But it is not designed to cover every residential development proposal as a quickie solution! Planning permission is and always has been the recognized route to obtaining permission to develop your property. PD is a quickie under certain circumstances but not all. Some of us seem to forget this fact. Partly due to pushy loft companies and IMO opportunist Architects. Anyhow, that's my tuppence worth for this evening.

Good luck with your submission Atticus. Just don't forget to share your proposals with local residents before you put in formal submission. Enough objections will spoil it before you even start.

Did you not think to ask them yourself?

Why has no-one mentioned good old fashioned Planning permission as a means to gain LA approval?

Tascam are truly excellent! I'll also agree with *Bob* by agreeing that BOSS ain't all that, nor are Zoom. Sorry for the lazy post...

^ You're lucky!! i have a baby who doesn't sleep to wake at 5am :D

You need to go to bed later. That way they won't keep you awake ;] "Anyone know what they're upto?" Probably Police stuff!

Atticus, I empathize with you. Sadly it's a little bit like putting a legal case together. Buy that i mean you really need to know the history and exact details and processes you have been through to get to where you are now. I don't have a clear picture of your case. PM me if you like and i'll see if i can offer any further help, but really need more information. P/

:( sorry i can't offer much further advice. You do have an Architect working for you i gather which should help. But they need to be quite pushy when it come to situations like this! All too often architect tend to be a bit too passive with planners!! I have a lot of experience with contentious planning issues. Ie i have a client who doesn't give a hoot and i am left having to fight their case all too often!!

It is entirely justifiable to argue that X property has set a precedence. In most cases this should work in your favour. That said, i've noticed of late that planners tend to come out with the 'well since 2004 we've changed the rules regarding that aspect bla bla bla' and of course you're left reeling and it's hard to counter that. It is not an exact science unfortunately.

tiddles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lastly the planners are supposed to respond to an > application within a given time frame 8 weeks - they are > often overstretched and rather than admit that and > miss their targets, they refuse based on silly > niggles (the plans aren't quite the right scale) > and so. Sorry to sound so quite so negative but I > don't have the alot of confidence in planning > departments. As you say, it does boil down to the individual dealing with your application.Get them on your side! they can be complete pests but if you want to get something approved and it's a little contentious then they are your only real hope without having to get legal.

Mr Twirly, You should not be paying ?70/80 for a helmet?! A good helmet should only cost half that amount. Anything over is just superlight race stuff... Best place to purchase cycling gear is on-line. Try Chainreaction/ Wiggle/ Parkers etc. If you need something straight away, Evan do a price match promise and are very good at honoring it. So print off cheap cost from Parkers/Wiggle and present at Evans! Simples and a lot cheaper then BC. (Sorry BC)

Annasfield Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are Hackney taxi drivers allowed to ask you for a > deposit before commencing a journey? > > I had a bit of an issue on Sunday night trying to > get home from Victoria. I hailed a cab, jumped in > and asked the driver to take me to Peckham Rye. He > was very rude and demanded a deposit. I had the > cash on me, but refused to give it to him as I've > been ripped off by hackney cabs before, as some of > them chose to take the long way round. I felt that > if he had my money in advance then I had no come > back. Because I refused, he told me to get out. > > Anyone know if he was within his rights to do > this? _________________________________________________ simple answer: NO Furthermore, once you are in a cab they are obliged to take you home whether you have the cash or not! (my mum god bless her, was a multiple black cab owner...which is why i know this) A little tip for those who find cabbies refusing to take them south of the river: You know when they wind the window down to ask where you're going? Ignore, and just get straight in the cab! When you're in, as mentioned above. They have to take you to where ever you wish to go if they had their light on. Whatever excuse they may come up with! stand your ground.

me too ;] erm...

^ I beat you to it Binary ;] Really good thread though and worth repeating.

I mean this in a kind way as cyclist etc... and obviously we didn't see it happen so do not know the facts But sometimes.... both parties can share the blame, non? Or is that not how it works these days. I mean i know 'legally' etc etc... but seriously. The scenario being discussed above would appear to me to be, both parties at fault. Regardless of 'legal' rights and wrongs... Just arguing over degrees of blame based on supposition etc *waits to be flamed* *edit to add* my point has nothing to do with the OPs accident.

Sorry, couldn't help myself. But reading the title of this thread i thought: http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/small/0808/killer-chicken-mad-chicken-demotivational-poster-1218944170.jpg

Dani, A very helpful thread on the subject of 'what to do in the event of an accident' Worth printing out and keeping for future reference. https://www.lfgss.com/thread4213.html Best P/

granadaland, Just a guess but the OP may wish to claim for insurance or pursue for dangerous driving? Why do you ask?

We start listening to Radio 1 when we are teenagers. Radio 2 creeps on you by your late 20's. Radio 3 your 30's. Radio 4 is meant to last us until the end.. FACT ;]

^ I think half the problems here might stem from the 'quickie' do-it-all loft company who exploit the 'permitted-dev' route as a means to get the job. It is an appealing package but not without its risks. As opposed to the traditional method - employing an Architect and submitting planning App/tender for contractors etc

Thank you Penguin68. Atticus: What was their exact reply/ reason for the refusal? Is it simply that you needed to make a full planning application for certain aspects? Sorry if these questions have been answered or if i've misunderstood. But a little more information would be really helpful.

..Double post

Under permitted development you are allowed to add 50cubic meters volume to your property. This is to include any works over and above the 'original property', so in other words if your property already had an extension to the rear grd floor that was 20cubic mtrs, then you in theory have 30 left! You will still need to abide to planning reg and building regs for certain aspects of the build/project. And you should always run your proposal past the local authority in the first instance just to cover any issues over questions like this.