Ferdinand

Weekend cottage in Norfolk for 25k? With 700sqm of land. Plumbing, elec, internet already connected. https://www.edp24.co.uk/edp-property/brundall-nuclear-cold-war-bunker-for-sale-1-6258802

Is there also the point someone made recently that boarded up windows may deter Council Tax inspectors?

I do so enjoy having 3 sports to watch on a Sunday :-). Cricket, F1 and Buildhub Debate by people more knowledgeable than I, which is also a learning experience. Off now to apply the next layer of paint to the car bumper. .

Yep ... if you are shelling out a six figure sum, you need total proof.

OK. With the husk off. Welcome. You need cast-iron proof (strong enough that you can get compensation if it is baloney) that the start of development has been accepted by the Council, which can I think only be a document called a "Lawful Development Certificate" that the Council themselves have confirmed to you is genuine. Then if you are happy that the existing design or minor mods to it will be acceptable to you as a Plan B should your new PP be refused, and that you can complete the design as is - perhaps with modern insulation standards though - then I would consider proceeding and doing PP changes after purchase. Otherwise, or anyway, I suggest get your head straight about what you want exactly, and talk to the duty planner for the Council's view. If you are PPing before purchase, you also need to worry about timescales and whether they will sell it to someone else first, or whether you do your PP first and trust them, or spend money on a legal agreement etc. My advice on that is *always* make it clear in agreement and law so there is no grey area. If you are dealing with strangers it makes the process clear; if dealing with friends it makes the process clear and prevents arguments that will make them non-friends or resentful acquaintances. It may well be worth taking pro advice from a Planning Professional. If you do not know one, either do the homework to find one or ask the oldest, most hoary-looking person (think Treebeard or Dis) in the back office of your local independent estate agency with a good reputation to recommend one. We need the full text of the Condition you are worried about to comment. The system for evaluating "sustainability" has moved on so its status may have been reduced to tangential wibble (ie it is now meaningless, rather like the law requiring you to offer a beached sturgeon to the monarch). Or perhaps not. You may choose to negotiate something new with the Council, or not. Ferdinand

In theory you get the VAT, but you do not get control over the prices and may lose some benefit there. Ferdinand

Mine does that itself. Ditto for hill start.

The packaging they came in?

My legal thought is that a fix that simple suggests that the ruling is in a rather small context. Presumably he could also buy the first chap some more insulation. And given that Planning Law is framed such that equivalent solutions are acceptable, perhaps he could even plant a row of mature trees in front of the solar panels if he can demonstrate absorption of the same amount of CO2 as saved by the panels! But I want to read it because High Court judges are usually good with complicated evaluations, so I may have the wrong end of a different stick. Interesting area of potential development of law to think about.

So ... cue NIMBYs installing lots of installations of three solar panels. Does anyone have a link to the ruling? My initial impression is that the chap is being somewhat vexatious and the judge is being somewhat illogical, absent some sort of #scientific evaluation of the cost benefit. Needs an higher court to rule. Presumably the other chap can make the development acceptable in planning terms by putting the same number of panels on the other end, since the judgement is on the basis of damage to the environment not the saving of electricity to the first chap. And that is the assumed damage he is having to mitigate. Or perhaps he only needs one panel because he will have only blocked a bit of the energy produced by the array. I think this may be sufficiently trivial that it may not last.

You probably use them for bubble bath. I bet there’s a piece of PB somewhere saturated with Matey.

One of these pruning saws https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kent-Stowe-70100441-Pruning-Saw/dp/B00U0126VK

Better move all those bathrooms and loos downstairs...

A very good question for someone learning in many directions. Trying to think of things that you may not have yet, I think I would say a Post Rammer and Turnbuckles for wire tensioning. And Post Savers.

You need that either stated or confirmed in writing.

I actually left a 50mm gap right across the back under the flashing for ventilation, then used a wider than planned Ubiflex. How are you damp proofing and insulating your rear wall? That is an obvious thing to ask. If it is a garden wall you will need to lap your slab dpc up behing the skirting and screw not glue to make sure you can check it in say 10 years. And make that slice of floor removable so you can also check that. I ran electrics and gas in a void along the back for that reason, and left the rear (house) wall as brick so that it was easier to look after. T asked what I was going to use to finish it - "wire brush then pva". My design phase lasted until it was built, as it was a "learning about conservatories" project. I try and build one of everything myself. F

is that correct? I thought that numbers for compulsory affordable housing had a profit element built in. And that the mix required is actually set by the Local Plan d/ housing needs sssessment. Ferdinand

You could do worse that get hold of a copy of SPONS for some basic comparisons.

It’s great to somebody with background and hinterland working through the structure, to get real valuable experience rather than just dry academic qualifications!

It's actually exactly the sort of thing that sometimes works and is expedient. Like repairing a wall in 3 sections to get a different wall without engaging awkward bureaucracy. Consider a 3000 sqft workshop somewhere in North Notts I sold to somebody in about 2010 (for 35k!). It has what looks like a drop kerb (probably a swing pavement for bigger lorries) and a yellow line and a post-strorage drop. Bloke wanted parking / waiting / unloading, Council said - can't move the yellow line as there is obviously no unloading point in that wall. If there were access there we could do something maybe. But anyway, a yellow line extinguishing requires a traffic order doodah at County, which takes months and this is low priority. A more recent piccie and what they did a bit later.

Hi Simon It's really nice to see someone working on an HNC not a degree ! F

Suspect AB may have had enough of threaded bar to last a lifetime .

1 - Perhaps Goog Sketch-up, or consider an online casual job site where you will get it for very little in a weekend. Someone will be able to recommend. 3 - Do it appropriately, and a summerhouse will not need Planning .. so you retain that option unless your PD Roghts have been abolished. F

Yes, but I bet you did Lewis Carroll at some point.

It is an educational duty. We do not know what you know, so we have to talk about all the unknown unknowns all the time. Like your history teacher who may have explained how to eat clams and oysters, such that they enjoy the experience.