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  1. Temp
    Speak to neighbours. I gave them a set of plans before submitting the application.
  2. Temp
    Why such small pipe? I'd worry about blockages due to leaf debris.
  3. Temp
    Also needs details on how the slab will be insulated. Presumably the insulation is going on top? Floor levels vs balcony? If its going under then is there enough height above the side windows?
  4. Temp
    +1 Perhaps design the steel to take brick/stone slips?
  5. Temp
    We opted for oil in 2007. Hasn't been too bad choice so far despite recent hikes. If building again I'd go for much better insulation and an ASHP. The ASHP would have to be one that's well supported in the UK .
  6. Temp
    I think its possible to make the case that the path isn't a highway used by vehicles so planning permission isn't needed for that reason. Much harder to convince them it's not just an attempt to turn amenity land into garden and that would need planning permission. You might consider appealing and at the same time submit a compromise planning application? Say for change of use and a fence 1m back from the edge of the path? They might decide not to fight it to avoid the costs of the appeal.
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    I found this planning application for a 1.8m wall adjacent to a footpath.. https://democracy.lichfielddc.gov.uk/CeConvert2PDF.aspx?MID=1089&F=Final non confidential Planning Committee Agenda and Reports 20.03.2017.pdf&A=1&R=0 16/00658/FUL ERECTION OF 1.8M HIGH BRICK BOUNDARY WALL TO THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY 14 WATERS EDGE, HANDSACRE, RUGELEY. FOR MS T PARKER Registered 13/06/16 Parish: Armitage with Handsacre Page 13 or 54.. Ping @Al1son
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    Yes a footpath is a highway but she is pointing out the wording of the GPDO says "highway used by vehicular traffic". I've been told cars can drive on the grass verge beside a road if the verge is part of the highway. However I think a Public Footpath or Bridleway (as shown on the County Footpath map) can only be used by vehicles where there is specific permission. The Highway code says: The "lawful access" bit I think refers to dropped kerb permission. I'm trying to find out if this has been tested anywhere as I have a public footpath across my own garden and a paddock. I know its a "highway" but hope that doesn't mean people can use vehicles on it? eg Motorbikes?
  9. Temp
    I would wait as there is a fee. If the neighbours are really upset they will complain to the planners. The planners may ask to come take a look. If you meet Permitted Development Rights they will go away and tell the neighbours that Planning Permission isn't required. End of story. If the planners think you don't comply they may send a "letter of intended enforcement". Don't panic. You have lots of options. Read the letter to see why they think it doesn't meet Permitted Development Rights. Then call and ask what they recommend you do. They may suggest a retrospective planning application and allow it just so they can tell the neighbours its all in order. You could also fix the problem and the apply for a Certificate.
  10. Temp
    I think it's really very clear from this that even if you prove the path is not a "highway used by vehicles" they will argue that the fencing effectively makes it an enclosed garden requiring planning planning permission for change of use.
  11. Temp
    This is what we did. Down pipe into 110mm with rubber adaptors. Have lots of trees and leaf fall but never been a problem.. From there the water goes to a leaf filter and rainwater tank. Overflow to piped ditch in the road verge.
  12. Temp
    It gets you the security. To convert it to garden space would require a planning application for change of use from Amenity land to Residential Garden which they are likely to refuse.
  13. Temp
    Waste of time in my opinion. Weed seeds blow around on the wind and can grow on any organic matter or soil that is above the membrane. I almost never water the lawn. Haven't done so yet this year. Perhaps think about laying a duct and draw rope for electricity to any future shed/bbq area?
  14. Temp
    Does the screed and will the stone run through doorways? Without an expansion gap this can happen..
  15. Temp
    No I mean the other wall like this.
  16. Temp
    Just seen 17A says...
  17. Temp
    Regulation 17 para 2 says... It sounds like they believe your occupation means the authority will consider it complete.
  18. Temp
    My reading of the letter is that... They are obliged to try and issue a completion cert within 8 weeks of occupation UNLESS a time extension is granted. If no extension is granted they will try but be unable to issue a cert due to the outstanding issues. They say at that point the council BCO takes over and there might be a fee for that. My reading is they are optimistic of getting the extension. The extension if granted only runs to the date in October.
  19. Temp
    I think at best they would allow a tall fence in line with the wall. Do some photoshop on this view.
  20. Temp
    If your title shows some is amenity land I think it's probably a lost cause. You would need to solve two issues 1. Prove its an official public footpath not just highway. That way bikes not allowed. 2. Convince them that you won't be absorbing the amenity land into your garden. Another option might be to ask them if they would consider a planning application for "change of use" for part of the amenity lan d to garden with a fence on the boundary between the two and no fence bordering the path. It's unlikely they would allow change of use for all of it. You would need to compromise to preserve the screen scene as they say.
  21. Temp
    You mean it is now going to be indoors? That can be allowed but you need a different cover for it and approval from the BCO. Example.. https://www.kentstainless.com/access-covers-manholes/tiled-resin-floor/solo-industrial-manhole/ https://www.drainagepipe.co.uk/manhole-covers-internal-use-c-282/
  22. Temp
    I think you would need to show its "garden" not "amenity land". Find that plan that mentions an area in pink or argue no such plan exists. Refer back to the original approval for you house. Check the title plan to see if there is any demarcation. Permitted Development rights are different for Amenity land.
  23. Temp
    If the Appeal fails you can still make a planning application but that's less likely to succeed because the issues they can raise are subjective. A certificate should be decided on objective grounds. For a Certificate the issue could be.. have PDR been removed or not? For a planning application it's going to be.. would the fence affect the use and appearance of the land?
  24. Temp
    If you have had an application for a Certificate refused it"s up to you if you want to appeal. But you need to make sure to refute all the reasons they have given for refusal. Literally point by point in the order they list them in the refusal. If they raise any new issues during the appeal process you need to address those as they come up. I haven't read back through the whole thread.. have you checked the council footpath map? If its a public footpath point to the highway code.
  25. Temp
    Easy enough to make a new wood frame.
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