AliMcLeod

Is that via the optional "Legal protection" add-on?

Devils advocate: Why do you need site insurance for a remote field? Are you insured today if someone wanders into your garden (assuming you have one) and hurts themselves?

If none of the other suggestions work out and you have to speak to your neighbour but accessing his land to do the "sweep", it probably makes sense (to both of you) to tie any agreement into the land-swap deal. Not ideal for you, but if i were him and you came to ask me now to move the pipe, i'd be looking for concessions on the land deal... Probably worth you having a think about what you're willing to give up. However, if his end game is to develop his land but requires your 20x3 piece, to do so you could be in a strong position.

@Weebles If i were you, i'd try to capture this website redirection (perhaps "record" going to the website). I'm no consumer law expert, but I'm sure there's rules that will strengthen your case if you can show the new company is trading off the goodwill of the now-liquidated one. I'd certainly contact Trading Standards (or perhaps Citizens Advice in the first instance). You could also phone the number on this page to ask them about the new company using the liquidated company's web address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/re-use-of-company-names/re-use-of-company-names You can check online of the web address belongs to the now-liquidated company or to an individual.

This recently happened to friends of my wife - a company had fitted their bathroom and they were happy with the job. They then handed over close to £15K for a kitchen but the company went into liquidation in the middle of December. They paid it all via a Bank Transfer and it looks like they've lost the lot unless they can somehow prove that the company were trading while insolvent so they can go after the directors. Unlikely. I always look to put at least £100 on a credit card for any such large purchases. Good luck to @Weebles

Thanks, that confirms my thinking too. I am going to challenge their need for the OS map with serial number - i'm giving them something with all the information they're after with no copyright infringed.

This is an existing house with a well defined (walled/gated) garden with a single TPO'd tree in it and no other TPOs within the immediate vicinity. I suspect its stalling due to the only TPO officer being (or having been) off on long term sick, but I'll play the game. But my initial question was not whether having to submit a location plan was valid, but whether it had to be an OS plan with a serial number etc.

They should say that then - they said they need the location map to ensure it is clear where the application site is. I've probably spent as much effort posting about it here as i did putting the location plan together though

Yes, i did that. And house numbers, and at least 2 streets with identified street names, and a North marker. I still don't see why any of that is needed when they have their own TPO reference number.

There's very little detail on the council website: https://www.fifedirect.org.uk/topics/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&p2sid=BFE70B2B-B4ED-69A8-9F902121BF71FDFC&themeid=2B482E89-1CC4-E06A-52FBA69F838F4D24 Will try phone up again and see what else they need. I've got the TPO number so I'd like to think giving them that is enough to identify the tree!

Thanks, that's what would make sense to me too. I'd be interested to hear other views, but my thinking is I'll knock something together and see where that takes us.

Our tree surgeon has submitted a planning application on our behalf to perform a crown lift on a TPO'd tree in our garden. This was submitted on 12th November. On 30th November a letter was added to the councils online portal (though it was dated 19th November) saying the request was invalid because: The application gave our address, and I believe that alone should allow the council to easily identify the TPO'd tree as it is the only one within the site and is clearly marked on existing documentation the council has from when the house was extended by the previous occupants. This previous plan is attached to the property in the online portal alongside our new request. I can easily put together a scale location plan from the house plans I have, to comply with their reasoning, but they are requesting an OS map with a licence/serial number. Can the council actually insist on that? When we previously tried to phone up to discuss the application, we were told that the (we believe only) TPO officer was off on long term sick.

Revoke the existing planning permission and grant them a new one with a pre-condition that they must plant a new tree but the work cannot start until November 2218.

And, right on time, I've just received an email stating Pure Planet's prices are going up from 15th January - both Gas and Elec by more than 10%.

We pay 27.95p standing charge + 12.327p per kwh. For my electric usage of around 5700 kwh per year (DHW/Heating is gas), it works out at a blended rate of around 14.45p per kwh. This is with Pure Planet in the central belt.

I'd expect my architect to know the local planning rules enough to be confident to come up with a proposal that will get passed. But, it depends on the difference between the two and how much you want to "push" the design beyond the local architectural vernacular.

I'm sure you already know this, but doing this will never "take all the risk out of the project in terms of cost". It would be very surprising to not have unknown unknowns. It just takes the architect to not included something in their detailed design or you to have a problem during the build (eg, getting out of the ground, connection to utilities) and your contingency could be gone in a flash.

That's certainly what I'd be arguing if i were in your shoes and decided to go down that road. Whether I would do that would be based on the discussions that had taken place leading to the purchase.

You might get additional/more applicable thoughts if you share the contract definition of Planning Permission.

I assume there's no definition of what is meant by 'planning permission' in the contract? I note you've not capitalised it, as would typically be the case in a legal document if it was a defined term. Does the contract determine how the uplift would be calculated? eg, get an independent assessor in or will it be someone of their choosing....

That's my point. If you own the IP to the report, then the neighbour has used it illegally and should come to some arrangement with you (or your solicitor). I know that's not addressing the mess that is local councils and their completely unfathomable inconsistency.

Did the council have the rights to submit it online? (I suspect they did, under some form of planning process transparency rules). Who owns the IP for the report you paid for? If you, I'd suggest a quiet word with the neighbour suggesting they split the costs... Can you prove they used it? eg, does it now appear on their online planning application? PS. You have every right to be angry/annoyed. It'd take a special kind of person to not be.

If you post some of the objections, many here will be able to help you refute them if it gets to that. Remember that someone not liking something is not a valid reason to object - you must be doing something against planning policy for an objection to be upheld.

I'm sure I've got a picture of the letter somewhere - am looking for it.

In this case there were a few boxes, one with my address, along with other rubbish. They assumed it had all originated from me.