Self Building two in North Wiltshire

What a story!  Do you really want to live near these people though?

hopefully your builds will go smoothly, there’s many a person would have given up before now

Nice looking drums. Keep updated 

Very interesting reading as we also had to fight the planners in a similar way (yes, they had already been told which way to vote before the meeting), also they made statements that were not true but I was not allowed to speak and challenge the lies. Finally went to appeal and won hands down with a comment from the appeal officer that the planning officer was not abiding by their own policies!!!,.

 

well done.

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We went through something similar, working against a bully of a conservation officer and spending money on a Planning consultant that was responsible for the conservation getting their job but did not disclose this when we met. All I can say is that with time you will move on but we did not have as much local objection as you so may be more to it but hopefully not. 

Although our journey is coming up to ten years. We never had a planning battle which is so tough when your just at that start.

 

Well done for sticking in there and hopefully the next phases will run more smoothly for you.

We had similar problems with our Planning Department but we had a different experience with our Planning Committee which approved our application unanimously against Planning Department advice. Well done for sticking with it. I could say it will all get easier now, but I'm a realist. Good luck for the rest of the project.

Well done you! The houses look great, really interesting.

We won 9 to 2 at committee & the planning officer sent me an email saying she had to recommend refusal because she was an officer of the council & we were against policy but she was glad that we had won.

We too had an awful time with some of our neighbours.

We never reacted to any of the name calling, vile emails, false accusations, turning their backs to us. It was like living in a school playground.

However, most of our village was supportive & horrified at what we were going through. 22 of them turned up to support us at the planning committee meeting.

3 of the 5 awful neighbours have now moved away.

The remaining 2 do not speak to me to this day. They hate me because I am a constant reminder of their dreadful behaviour.

They are largely isolated within the village.

Fine by me.

Good luck to you with your exciting project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good to hear the story. Best of luck.

That sounds horrendous. We bought a plot with PP but it didn’t stop all of the nonsense with the ‘neighbours’. The plot is outside of the village so doesn’t impact anyone in the village at all. It stands as one of 4 only houses in this location, one of those being another new build as the plot was split. Our direct neighbours who lived here at the time in a listed cottage said that they were delighted that 2 houses were going to be built here as the plot was an eyesore and a dumping ground for rubbish.

 

The community (village) council had been against houses being built here but they were overruled and the plot got PP for 2 houses (we bought one of the plots when it was split). During the course of the build we ended up in the community council minutes as a pretty much standing agenda item with various misdemeanours being minuted and reported to the planning officers. It became a standing joke to read the minutes and see what we had apparently done that month. We had the main council out here on a few occasions, letters from the community council, and on one occasion the police. And everything was complete nonsense. Anything from complaining that my neighbour was leaving his bins in a place they didn’t like on collection day (outside his house like everyone else), to us being reported when we built the detached garage here (allowed under permitted development). After about 3 years they got fed up and unleashed their wrath on some other poor soul but some people are pathetic (at best) or simply vile individuals, especially as the houses here affect them not one bit. I avoid the village totally and only go up there to vote or to post a letter.