ryder72 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 I need some advice with regards discharging planning conditions. Our planning was granted subject to 4 conditions- Materials approval Datum point and various site levels Hard and soft landscaping plan Satisfactory implementation of bat roost mitigation from ecologist We werent permitted to start building till the first 3 had been discharged which was covered in a single discharge application with a single fee. The final point cannot be discharged until the building is complete which is turn calls for an additional discharge fee to be paid. Is there a way around this. This is just a ridiculous system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 No. Sorry, but there isn't. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 There is a way round it. Move to the Highlands. I discharged all my planning conditions by email with the planning officer for no fee, and when completed got an email and letter to say all conditions were met. It's a shame some (most?) councils charge a fee, just because they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryder72 Posted July 8, 2017 Author Share Posted July 8, 2017 Its a disgrace. It should all be part of one application. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 Out of interest what would be the impact of simply not discharging the condition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryder72 Posted July 9, 2017 Author Share Posted July 9, 2017 Conditions that require a discharge prior to build commencing could render the build illegal. Conditions such as the bat roost mitigation one could be picked by a buyers solicitor at the time of property sale and would need to be discharged potentially delaying the sale. Probably not worth the hassle but in principle its a scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Don't talk to me about bat related conditions ... ours was a second bat survey (£650...) and they didn't even ask for a copy of it - I just said it had been done ..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 The way you have to pay twice to discharge conditions is damned annoying, especially as both times we had an email back from the planning officer within a very short time saying they had been discharged. I fail to believe that it cost £90 of a planning officers time to do this work each time, at best it may have been half an hours work, which according to the full employment cost data I got from the council (via an FoI request) equates to about £14 for each submission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 This is an interesting point. One of my planning conditions is that I have to comply with the ecology mitigation. However, the ecologist said there was no requirement for her to revisit. However I have a feeling I'm in the same boat as @PeterW in that the national park will want confirmation that we have complied and they'll likely only accept that from an ecologist thus yet another fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) 18 hours ago, Barney12 said: Out of interest what would be the impact of simply not discharging the condition? The planners would have 10 years to initiate enforcement action. If they failed to do so in that time they could no longer enforce the condition. At that point you could apply to have the condition discharged on the grounds that it's un-enforcible but I expect there is a fee for that :-) Edited July 9, 2017 by Temp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Snip. 8>< Decided to leave the hobbyhorse in the stable. Edited July 10, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Exact same problem over here. What did you decide to do in the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysimon Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 08/07/2017 at 15:58, ProDave said: There is a way round it. Move to the Highlands. I discharged all my planning conditions by email with the planning officer for no fee, and when completed got an email and letter to say all conditions were met. It's a shame some (most?) councils charge a fee, just because they can. don't need to go that far north, i did exactly the same. was about to say it was the laid back approach up here, then remembered BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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