Backland Development - Unadopted Road

[Cheesus]

Just a little update on this one on the offchance anybody is interested....

 

We had the fella from the council planning department round last week to do his site visit as part of our pre planning consultation. Now I am not sure how much they give away when inspecting and how much things like this will come down to his opinion or the opinion of the various agencies (Water company, Coal Board, Highways etc.) but he was very much of the opinion that if a rule/guideline/policy couldn't be complied with it would be a case of 'what are the real world implications of this' rather than a binary yes/no situation. The bins for example, he said so what to having to drag them longer than is ideal, the next plot along do it already and with regards to the lack of access for the fire appliance, as long as it is mitigated by an approved sprinkler system maybe with a water tank on the plot then this is likely to suffice in his opinion.

 

Now I know he may just be saying what we want to hear to avoid any awkward conversations but I suppose we will know more in the next month or so when the report is likely to come back at which point I will update further. 

 

Thanks. 

[saveasteading]

10 hours ago, Cheesus said:

saying what we want to hear

Doesn't sound that way: that all seems helpful.

[Oz07]

A planning inspector is not the same guy who will be the BCO and signing off the finished house. Just make sure they are okay before you start. 

[Cheesus]

4 hours ago, Oz07 said:

A planning inspector is not the same guy who will be the BCO and signing off the finished house. Just make sure they are okay before you start. 

 

Thanks, I assume the BCO who signs off though will be bound by the findings of the various agencies who will be consulted during the actual planning process? It's all a bit difficult for the layman to get his head round and not helped by lots of different people having differences of opinion, obviously I will pay proffessionals when the time comes but at the moment I am just trying to tiptoe my way through things without throwing too much money at it and afterall I am just a normal fella with a large back garden with some potential to build on it. 

 

One piece of advise I did receive from a builder friend was if we should ever be in a position to have a piece of land with planning permission, just sell it and let somebdoy else have the hassle - nothing worse than having your life savings invested in a pile of mud and being reliant on others. This obviously will rob us of the oppertunity to self build.