Ferdinand

I think one routine with brambles is cut via a strimmer or brushcutter then weedkill with a weed killer that penetrates to the roots when th3 new shoots hav3 grown a bit. Brambles were done at a former house by pulling them up wearing leather gloves. Ferdinand

I am short of time today as am on a course, so no time for a Planning-Speculation session , but It seems unnecessary to me to give up the PP. I think I would get documentation that development has started in accordance with the PP ie Certificate of Lawful Development,. That gives you or your children the right to continue to build the house in the future. Then build your garage as you are suggesting a bit later. It is a fairly normal nothing to put in foundations for the future, then bury them, to lock in a PP. Councils may not be delighted but I do not think there is much that they can currently do about it. I do not see this as much different. One potential fly in the ointment is if they try to enforce on the new interim garage, but that is probably unlikely as it would not be expedient and could turn into a paperwork mud-wrestle at much cost in Planner-time. I do not know what the outcome would be should they try, but it could potentially be one for a conversation with either Planning Aid or informally with a Planning Officer. The extant and valid PP would be a significant value and selling point. You would need the docs to prove it, though. Beware the Council purging it’s files in x years’ time, and saying Dunno Guv. I think an FOI for your planning file and decision notice might be a good way of keeping proof in the system as well as in your files, perhaps even via the WhatDoTheyKnow service which will archive it online. I think that if you choose to walk away from the PP as if it never happened, you mayl need planning and or B/Regs approval for a garage development as if you were applying in the situations as it is now, unless it is possible under Permitted Development? The less expensive way to take that route may be via an application to vary your current PP or an Amendment to it, though a full new PP should be possible. Some neighbour-nurdling might be useful just to keep then happy and / or slightly informed of not particularly happy. Ferdinand

Let me just check ... are you dealing with poles on your land or just oversailing cables? The existence of an agreement to me implies the latter. Sorry for the supplementary questions ... you must feel like the Aprime Minister On a Wednesday . [Update: Aha. I see from your previous thread that the poles are just not quite on your land, which makes the existence of a Wayleave Agreement strange - to my understanding at least. Are you sure it is not an Easement? If this is correct, then the action may be needed by the person who owns the land and has the Wayleave.] For us, Notice periods were specified in the wayleave agreement, though there may have been some statutory rule involved as well. Would have to dig quite a bit to find the scan perhaps. They asked us to work with them, which was not a problem as we were selling with Outline. I take it you have a copy of yours by now? Can you post a pic or the text? Ours was very short, only a couple of pages. I have no idea whether it can be deemed that building close to a cable such that it becomes ‘unsafe’ can leave a civil liability for moving it. F

Three? Three! Colour me sceptical, as I seem to recall pictures of about twenty-three.

I do not think I have a huge amount to add to this. You may be off the common process map for resolving these situations. I would probably try talking to the wayleaves department at some stage (but see below), and exploring how one gets equipment moved if it is there without permission. Are you sure that that is the case? Depends on succession rules, and in my case it was the Wayleave Agreement signed by my Uncle in 195x (and the property had changed ownership 3 times since within the family) that let me just tell them to move the High Voltage line (after giving 12 months notice of my intention, then 3 months notice to move it). Ours was a high voltage out-and-return on several pairs of poles, with similar on neighbouring fields both sides, and they dug up the best part of a mile of road, some of it very busy former A-road, to put it underground and run through the new estate. Must have saved us a fortune. At some point you will have to tell them to move it, or come to an agreement that will involve one or both parties spending money, but that may make them apply for a "necessary wayleave" - in which case you could be in legal schtuck. At some stage your MP or local media may become an option. Given the amounts of money potentially involved (high 4 figures to low 5 figures?), I think I would want a consultation with a relevant solicitor first as to the status of the agreement. Depending on the content of your agreement it may be to your advantage that it is not void. I think I could find such a solicitor via an infrastructure consultancy. Or have a conversation and then cut a deal without legal advice. They will, however, deal with these every day so you may be entering a game of poker alone having experience only of ludo. I wonder if @Mr Punter has any experience of these? He is on a larger scale than me, so perhaps delegates . Best of luck. Ferdinand

That would normally be more like "f&^%$£$ w&^%$"$ c*(^%£&> roadhumps".

I think this is the one: The parking/manoeuvring facilities, indicated on the submitted plan, shall be surfaced in a solid bound material (i.e. not loose chippings) and made available for the manoeuvring and parking of motor vehicles prior to the development being brought into use, and shall be retained for that sole purpose at all times. Reason: To ensure that satisfactory off-street parking/manoeuvring areas are provided, in the interests of highway safety and the free flow of traffic and in accordance with Core Strategy Policy CSP 26, New Development and Highway Improvement.

I hate iPads and their spelling incorrectors. Gerard Hoffnung would have been redundant had they existed in 1938 (from 3:00). Still think that “disposing of old widows can be an expensive business” (windows) was a better one, mind. F

I think it will be that there must be an escape route from the bedroom to outside without going through a likely source of fire eg a kitchen. So you can have it down the hall past the kitchen door but not through a room which includes an open plan kitchen. Five stairs are not .. I think .. a problem. Alternatively there are things you can do to make such a route acceptable such as sprinklers in the open plan area. Alternatively I think you could provide a direct escape route from the bedroom which could be French windows or an escape window. And I think that locks with keys are acceptable, though you could always provide eg thumbturn locks if required or possibly even some approved rapid window-smashing device if such exists. There are many options. Ferdinand

Are there not versions of road humans then are put in with fixings eg like thunderbolts? That plus sika at the joint? eg https://www.barriersdirect.co.uk/traffic-management-c1220/speed-bumps-flow-plates-c1098/speed-ramp-complete-kits-p708

Leaving it as a sub base may be the best option for a bit. Grid paving to be filled in with gravel is a permeable option. Things like TruckPave come in at from £30per square meter, but not really ideal. Discussed here when I was looking for a perforated wall:

Could not possibly comment. I may have a pelt like a bear . Or not.

On this subject, why is our main grammar-activist @newhometalking about Epilators on another thread? De-Epilators, surely?

I would like a pair of tickets, please. When is the Expert Panel, and how do we submit questions? “Do you know of any good online forums for self-builders?” “I am planning to bring my stack ventilation out through a plywood ‘chimney’ at the apex of the gable on my third storey roof? Is it a good idea and how do I maintain it?”

How long does it take to cut and shampoo a hair ? Note to op: Perhaps an off forum approach to the mods might be the way for such an offer next time.

The question is one for others, but that is some garage.

For roof area it would be Plan area not surface area, as a steeper roof does not generate more rain. Apols if stating obvious.

In the language of the druids it is, apparently (says Google): Cellweiriau cyfarwydd

Nope. Not my role model.

Hackneyed quips. (If it helps to read this twice.)

Cheers. I am in both.

A singularly appropriate exclamation ! (Runs and hides behind pile of hackneyed quips.)

Some people might want to be spanked. (That sentence technically starts with "so".)

You love 16 what ? Presumably not sheep.

I know. A tragedy. We have a couple of big waterbutts and I can just see people not being able to get out if they go in. Not sure if I could if it was full of water.