Colin P

I wasn’t going to post, but seeing as we are still moaning about councils. After 2 phone calls and an email today she got the message I wasn’t going to be quiet. Responded with the reason. 1) new roof would be further forward than the old flat roof. It won’t, the fascia will be in exactly the same place. 2) it will be further forward than the main roof. Given my comments about point 1 the following picture pretty much dispels point 2). She also says she is confident that planning permission would be viewed favourably. Told her I will submit but will appeal anyway. Let’s see if she changes her mind.

I shall be phoning her every day until she speaks to me, and her boss. I shall be putting in the full planning and the appeal. I had this before with Epsom and Ewell, and I did exactly this. Tell me exactly why it fails and I’ll tell you why it doesn’t. Then they had a choice of either looking incompetent or issuing the certificate. With E&E they agreed to issue the certificate and didn’t. On the third request I ended up telling the guy that I was on my way to the council offices and would be asking for him personally and he’d better have the Cert ready. Funny enough it was left with reception by the time I arrived. I really hate planners. Hitlers the bloody lot of them. This is not to say that they do not do an important job, it’s just how they do it. Officious, unhelpful and without any way of holding them accountable. Stupid this is, the flat roof is Fugly and my neighbours would all like to see it done. This is the problem. It should be easy, they should look at it with a view to agreeing if appropriate under whatever basis it could/should pass, but they rather approach it looking for reasons to say no, even if a technicality rather than any actual good reason. It is also set up to try and make people use planning consultants, they do not like direct applications.

It was. Response is merely based upon the reason for refusal and the sections that they referenced. It is not a agri property. “The proposed development would not fall within the criteria of Class B of Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) and would not be lawful.”

Not in conservation zone etc, but I just know that come sale time people will want the certificate. It is integral to the house, but the portico and garage are flat. The thing is it meets every criteria for lawful development. I will be appealing it, but it’s a bit difficult when they are not specific about why it’s refused. ommentary upon the technical criteria: Development not permitted B.1 Development is not permitted by Class B if— (a)permission to use the dwellinghouse as a dwellinghouse has been granted only by virtue of Class M, N, P or Q of Part 3 of this Schedule (changes of use); Not applicable (b)any part of the dwellinghouse would, as a result of the works, exceed the height of the highest part of the existing roof; No part will exceed the height of the existing roof. The dwelling is 2 storey, the proposed roof is at ground floor elevation. (c)any part of the dwellinghouse would, as a result of the works, extend beyond the plane of any existing roof slope which forms the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse and fronts a highway; No part will extend beyond the plane of existing roof slopes (d)the cubic content of the resulting roof space would exceed the cubic content of the original roof space by more than— (i)40 cubic metres in the case of a terrace house, or Not applicable (ii)50 cubic metres in any other case; The volume is minimal and well within this limit (e)it would consist of or include— (i)the construction or provision of a verandah, balcony or raised platform, or No varandah, balcony or platform is being created (ii)the installation, alteration or replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe; or no chimney, flue, soil pipe or vent pipe is being altered (f)the dwellinghouse is on article 2(3) land. N/A Conditions B.2 Development is permitted by Class B subject to the following conditions— (a)the materials used in any exterior work must be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse; All materials will be such (b)the enlargement must be constructed so that— (i)other than in the case of a hip-to-gable enlargement or an enlargement which joins the original roof to the roof of a rear or side extension— (aa)the eaves of the original roof are maintained or reinstated; and No amendment to eaves of the original roof (bb)the edge of the enlargement closest to the eaves of the original roof is, so far as practicable, not less than 0.2 metres from the eaves, measured along the roof slope from the outside edge of the eaves; and this spacing will be approximately 2 metres, vertically. (ii)other than in the case of an enlargement which joins the original roof to the roof of a rear or side extension, no part of the enlargement extends beyond the outside face of any external wall of the original dwellinghouse; and No part of the roof will extend beyond the existing footprint of the buildings or the roof curtailage. (c)any window inserted on a wall or roof slope forming a side elevation of the dwellinghouse must be— No windows being added (i)obscure-glazed, and N/A (ii)non-opening unless the parts of the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the room in which the window is installed N/A Interpretation of Class B B.3 For the purposes of Class B, “resulting roof space” means the roof space as enlarged, taking into account any enlargement to the original roof space, whether permitted by this Class or not. See comments under volume B.4 For the purposes of paragraph B.2(b)(ii), roof tiles, guttering, fascias, barge boards and other minor roof details overhanging the external wall of the original dwellinghouse are not to be considered part of the enlargement. These will in any case retain their existing positions.

Put in an application for certificate of lawful development back in November, to replace flat garage roof with pitched. It is permissible, I know it is. Due Jan. planning officer wrote in Feb asking for an extension and she’d respond by 8th Feb, since when nada. No response to emails requesting update etc. Gave up, put in a complaint on Friday, reply today. No surprise, refused on the basis that it isn’t within the rules for permitted development. It is. Won’t answer phone. Have sent email addressing each end every rule and asking her EXACTLY why it has been refused. I wonder how long this will take. I know full well it’s a case of he has complained I’m just going to refuse it. In the meantime the flat roof continues to leak. Fuckwits. Not answerable to anyone, seem to forget that they are public servants, not masters. it’s a bit like being arrested. Why. You broke the law. Exactly which one. You broke the law, er yes, which one?

You're thinking of SELOC (ps, to my friends on SELOC that is just a joke!!) There are certain members on here who will always keep you entertained and things in perspective. Sometimes a decent place to have a little rant as well. Only if it's a Targa top, but you can always use the spoiler a a tea tray, the engine hung out behind the rear wheels will keep your hot beverage of choice warm.

Dick Strawbridge summed it up well when talking about listed buildings and building control. His Chateaux isn't listed, he wont list it because unlike the UK it is up to the owner to decide. If he doesn't list it he can do whatever he wants to it because, and I quote "the French are a bunch of anarchists at heart". I must say, a low level frustration with their behaviour has turned into downright outrage over the last 6-9 months.

Just a personal view. In my opinion a 1 and a 7 together looks the most like a V than anything else, closely followed by just a 7. That said I have had comments about a mash up between East 17 and Rita Ora and "El Zora".

@Escape, this is my big brothers website. You may find some helpful bits on it. https://www.gbsportscar.com/

Funny thing was I was playing about with all possible permutations of UK number plates and had decided that the best plate possible would be E17ORA. Coincidentally no sooner had I decided this, lo and behold the guy who had been trying to sell it for years at £20K immediately decided he’d had enough. The stars aligned. I’d also just been renovating my parents new bungalow, so they even bought it for me as a thank you.

I went to school with a guy whose dad raced Alfa Juniors. He also had 2 road cars that were pretty much identical .Used to insure and tax one - they both had the same number plate on them and when parked in the drive together he'd stick the correct plate on top of the false one on the car that wasn't insured. Dodgy bar steward. I won't tell you how much E17ORA costs me. Lets just say that the cards fell right and I know someone (on here) who offered the guy I bought it off of 10 times what I paid and got turned down .

Sainsbury's seems to do a pretty good job of reading them when you drive into the car park. Stupid fonts aside. Spacing shouldn't be an issue.

and why, despite the fact that time is of the essence and you needed them immediately, why you happened to buy them off of someone that you knew already, rather than going through a lengthy tender process. As my mum said, if the cap fits......

Depends upon the political leanings of the copper. If they are labour or lib dem you'll be there for 3 days whilst they try and make their mind up

Bad luck. Couldn’t help but notice the irony of the location. My plates have the space missing, I keep the originals in the boot. They are Velcro’d on.

I doubt porsches get any looks at all, unless it’s something very special and then only by the few that can tell the difference between one and another.

Yep, on the rare occasion I have employed a tradesman I have mostly have to tell them to correct their mistakes or redo parts myself properly/to my standards.

Very nice, but not sure the purist would appreciate them. Love the shift light.

^^^^^^^ that is all.

Back on Track have a lot of experience of Evoras and are a respected independent. Alternatively you may find Hofmanns closer to you.

Where are you - I'm Lower Bourne..

Welcome, you'll need to bring it along to Newlands corner once we are allowed again.

Ah, it says manual until you actually go into the ad. Still on their website. The green one also says manual, but i know that it’s the only other Auto HE in Green.

B&C have an identical HE to that in stock. It’s red leather though. (Which I love by the way). They also have the other HE that is the twin of mine.

I ticked the other box. I’m not taking any responsibility for the bloody things.