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So our new planning application was submitted Monday. Best case scenario, I'm thinking 6 months if approved, otherwise, 12 months before rejected (after appeal). I get 8 weeks holiday per year, and am thinking of jobs I can do in the meantime. Regardless of whether we get our PP approved or have to fall back to the original PP grant, a retaining wall needs to be put I along the boundary. Can this be done, or would this be considered as development, and I'd need associated conditions signed off first. I just don't want to waste any leave, if I can crack on and get some stuff done.

In the end I decided to do just that. Fingers crossed it will be ok.

I should have been a bit clearer. These reports were done as part of the original planning application, by the vendor who we purchased the land from.

So the LPA have stated that so long as the reports used in the previous planning application are not > 3 years old, then they are happy that we don't require new ones. The planning consultant at the architects has however just stated that we will be in breach of copyright if we do this. Just wondering whether this is the case, and is there anyway around it. The biodiversity report is from a company that I think has stopped trading. Their phone number is now a solicitors. Would it be risky to submit them?

Is that a telescopic boom on the concrete pump? I like the look of that, and I suspect it really helps in getting the right amount of concrete in each place. I will be short handed when I pour our footings, and I think something like this would really help me to get the concrete where it needs to be, and not be frantically shovelling vast quantities to the far corners. What was the charge for the pump?

Ridge height, dwelling location, and footprint are the same. I can obviously show the previous site plan with that of the current, to show that it's not changed. Given that the I am worried about being granted planning, it would be better if they could be submitted retrospectively. Saves wasting money on reports, if the LPA won't approve the scheme because of design.

So the biodiversity report quote has come in and it’s £2000. Seriously considering scrapping the revised planning application and simply seeing what revisions could be done to the original application. I’m ranting now, but it’s an utter xxxxx joke that the LPA can request these reports when you’ve already provided them for an approved application, and nothing has changed. Unless, the bats have introduced a new flight schedule in the area. Sigh.

I think I'll drop the planning department an email explaining that we are submitting a revised application and can the biodiversity report/tree reports be referenced from the original application. As the site is now fully cleared, there are no buildings, so not bat survey should be required and the trees are all gone, except one at the far end of the garden, which will not be affected by construction.

Thanks all. It's the Architect who is stating that we need to have these reports submitted with the application. Seems a perverse waste of money to get revised reports for a what is simple a different design to that of the original planning application, especially considering nothing is changing in that regard. So can I just push back and tell them to submit the application?

We still have one Cherry tree.

We were hoping to use the same consultants who did the reports for the original PP, but I have tried contacting them, and they are not responding. Does anyone have any advice oh how much I can expect to pay for these reports, eg, Tree Report, Bio Diversity ... Thanks

Interesting topic. I've discovered one of these on our plot. Thinking of throwing in the asbestos roofing sheets in that I need to discard and then filling with crushed concrete. Thoughts?

I am starting to suffer sleepless nights over our proposed design, and would appreciate some wisdom. The Architects we are using have not really made much comment about the fact that we are just inside an AONB. Although the designs we have put forward are smaller than the bungalow that was granted PP, the glaring issue that I see, and I might be mistaken, relates to the fact that we are building a property that has a lot of glass at the front and will be visible from the lane. No properties look at the front, and you will only see it when you walk along the lane (no through) or drive up it. As it is an AONB, my fear is that they will simply reject it on the basis that it has windows that you can now see from the lane. When we submit the application, will we get any chance to make changes so as to try and address any issues. We did think that we could instead, put 300mm windows at the front upstairs, and turn that into the landing, and then have the bedrooms looking out over the paddock at the rear. The Architect doesn't seem too concerned about the amount of glass, but I am worried that he isn't that experienced on sensitive planning applications, and we could potentially be submitting something that will be refused by both the LPA and on appeal. Below is the finalised design, and you cannot deny that there is a lot of glass upstairs that will be visible from the lane. Although the ridge height remains the same as the bungalow, and we have shrunk the footprint by 60m2, I fear that it's the two storey with a lot of glass aspect, that is the killer. Any advice on how best to proceed would be appreciated.

https://www.bes.co.uk/shalloduct-water-service-pipe-insulation-835-x-32mm-19170/ £19 for 800mm foam! They have stipulated a 4" external pipe with the internal pipe insulated.

It was a joke. Good point regarding the 32mm, but that part is done now, and I don't want to go back to Southern Water and get it changed.