Planners playing games

[Ferdinand]

On 23/09/2020 at 23:01, the_r_sole said:

 

That's interesting and bizarre in equal measure!

I've never seen that wording before (thankfully)

 

Belt, braces, underpants, and a jockstrap.

[Mr Punter]

Where we are, if you submit the application online it is validated within a couple of days but normally the application received date.  Once validated it cannot be undone.

[scottishjohn]

On 22/09/2020 at 08:14, joe90 said:

Don’t talk to me about fecking planners!!!!

and me 

 tempting to start  crowd funding  for a hit on the local planning officer .LOL

 I know it would be over subscribed in a day by all the local builders .

 and enviromental health is not much better ,

 not as though they had an excess of staff before --and to cut them down to 2 days working is a joke --

we really need a salomonella outbreak to go with the corvid  

 

 been trying to get my water (house supply)tested for 3 months now - and sepa tell me no -go to council

All I get is --"we are too involved with corvid " and labs do not have time 

 so as pubs and eating places are now open again  water testing should be working again 

[joe90]

@scottishjohn Can you not do it privately? https://www.ivario-hometest.co.uk/Well-Water-Test-Kits:::23.html

[scottishjohn]

27 minutes ago, joe90 said:

@scottishjohn Can you not do it privately? https://www.ivario-hometest.co.uk/Well-Water-Test-Kits:::23.html

I just looked -  even the best test does not test for arsenic 

and I know a well locally had to have an arsenic filter fitted

 

CORRECTION -I must be going blind --looked again and it there on their most expensive test kit £249 a go 

Edited September 24, 2020 by scottishjohn

[scottishjohn]

n  I, m not going blind --It depends which way you look at the premium test kit on their site

 one way its listed ==the otherway  it is not 

how much do i trust a testing company that cannot get simple things like this right   

not a lot

 time for a snappy email to them 

Edited September 24, 2020 by scottishjohn

[joe90]

My late father in law lived on our plot fir many years and drank the ground water (not aquifer) and it contained iron and arsenic and he lived to a ripe old age ?

[joe90]

Just looked and the “water testing plus £129” tests for arsenic but as you say the premium £249 appears  not to. The “plus conforms to ISO 17025 which from my tinternet search is the water standard required by the authorities “

 

(you can tell it’s raining hard here and I can’t get on with my landscaping ?‍♂️)

Edited September 24, 2020 by joe90

[SteamyTea]

13 minutes ago, joe90 said:

you can tell it’s raining hard here and I can’t get on with my landscaping

Clearing up my end of the country, so I can stop working  on the window surround repair and go out.

[the_r_sole]

1 hour ago, scottishjohn said:

and me 

 tempting to start  crowd funding  for a hit on the local planning officer .LOL

 I know it would be over subscribed in a day by all the local builders .

 and enviromental health is not much better ,

 not as though they had an excess of staff before --and to cut them down to 2 days working is a joke --

we really need a salomonella outbreak to go with the corvid  

 

 been trying to get my water (house supply)tested for 3 months now - and sepa tell me no -go to council

All I get is --"we are too involved with corvid " and labs do not have time 

 so as pubs and eating places are now open again  water testing should be working again 

 

There's a few consultancies that can test the private water supplies - some local authorities don't do it the tests for new supplies, dm me if you need any contacts...

 

and if you ever see a news story of a number of planning officers from different local authorities going missing in the same week, you'll never hear from me again ?

[joe90]

Just got this from above company....

 

several of our tests will test it as part of a larger array of parameters.

Examples for this are the Water Analysis Plus as well as the Premium Water Test.

 

?

[Moonshine]

So after 3 weeks of toing and frowing with the architect and planning officer, with what i consider 'minor' amendments to the drawings, the planner is now satisfied and the drawing have been uploaded to the portal. I presume that this is now the start date of the application, FFS.

 

After such a major ball ache just getting the drawings submitted i am expecting an absolute hell of a application process! ? 

[scottishjohn]

On 24/09/2020 at 09:22, joe90 said:

Just looked and the “water testing plus £129” tests for arsenic but as you say the premium £249 appears  not to. The “plus conforms to ISO 17025 which from my tinternet search is the water standard required by the authorities “

 

(you can tell it’s raining hard here and I can’t get on with my landscaping ?‍♂️)

got test results back ==water is fine 

 

however although the lab complies with all required codes 

I still might have to get the council to do a test --

why

,because I do not have the qualifications to take the samples !!

 anyway water is fine which  what we needed to know for now 

 last email from head of planning was to say that due to covid he can give me no time scale as to when a planning application or site visit can happen 

 

 my spies tell me it could be next year before they are working normal --and that is measured  on a glacial time scale

 

Edited October 16, 2020 by scottishjohn

[ProDave]

Tell me about it.  I am trying to get a temporary habitation certificate.

[recoveringbuilder]

34 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Tell me about it.  I am trying to get a temporary habitation certificate.

Good luck with that! We got ours just before lockdown and were told then that we wouldn’t get a completion certificate while covid was on the go , apparently they will not come out which seems odd since you can have a workman in your house doing work!

AND I’ve just discovered it has run out last month so will need to get on to them and see if they’ll extend it ?

Edited October 16, 2020 by recoveringbuilder

[scottishjohn]

34 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Tell me about it.  I am trying to get a temporary habitation certificate.

 aty leats yuo have a house 

 

Ican,t even get started

at this rate i think i should ask planning to include a mausoleum in the grounds --in case i never get it finished  +build that first 

[scottishjohn]

pity my hill faces s/w ==or that could have a been a good usage -- select country jewish cemetry 

[Moonshine]

It's all getting a farce now!!!

 

Planning has been submitted with revised drawings for about 4 weeks, the application is still not validated and the case officer keeps fobbing the architect of. The head of planning is now involved apologising for the delay and that the case officer will be touch next week (we have heard that before)... 

 

I am not counting my chickens.

 

I have also chased up my drop kurb application with highways submitted months ago. They have replied that the to covid they won't be looking at applications until the new year!!!!!

 

Feeling hacked off with it all!

[DevilDamo]

It may be quicker to just build what you want and deal with any applications retrospectively. You can guarantee any works that are in breach of Planning will soon move up the queue at the Council ?

[Dave Jones]

Who submitted the application you or the architect ?

 

If the latter I would be having strong words. It's their job to proactively chase it up not fire and forget.

[joe90]

@Moonshine why don’t you start digging foundations (or something) that might get their attention, get a neighbour to report you ?

[Jason L]

Unfortunately this kind of thing happens too often and its unacceptable, but realistically there nowt you can do about it and simply have to do as they ask and it things moving. ?

 

[Pocster]

55 minutes ago, Moonshine said:

It's all getting a farce now!!!

 

Planning has been submitted with revised drawings for about 4 weeks, the application is still not validated and the case officer keeps fobbing the architect of. The head of planning is now involved apologising for the delay and that the case officer will be touch next week (we have heard that before)... 

 

I am not counting my chickens.

 

I have also chased up my drop kurb application with highways submitted months ago. They have replied that the to covid they won't be looking at applications until the new year!!!!!

 

Feeling hacked off with it all!

Any phone calls with planning record .

If you can arrange face to face even in current situation, do that . Buy a quality recording pen !! . They will fuss , lie , mislead , contradict - anything to avoid stamping ‘approved’ on it . It is a long play Tactical game I am afraid !! 

[PeterW]

1 hour ago, Moonshine said:

 

I have also chased up my drop kurb application with highways submitted months ago. They have replied that the to covid they won't be looking at applications until the new year!!!!!

 

Feeling hacked off with it all!

Don’t use the council for this - just get a registered streetworks contractor to do it (which is all they will do) and save yourself the money and the hassle. They can apply for the permit on your behalf and they go via a different route. 

[Moonshine]

On 14/11/2020 at 12:14, PeterW said:

Don’t use the council for this - just get a registered streetworks contractor to do it (which is all they will do) and save yourself the money and the hassle. They can apply for the permit on your behalf and they go via a different route. 

 

i haven't heard of this before, can you give any more information?

 

All i read from my local authority is that i need a licence to create a new access, so i would be interested in who could do that via another means.