Problem with local council
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This seems very unusual to me and not at all residential. Where I have lived council lanscapers have always brought equipment in pickups, done the job and moved on to the next job. It must be very inefficient to buy equipment for each area and leave it there. I don't understand their thinking. What about the rest of the residents, what do they think of it?
herewego said:
This seems very unusual to me and not at all residential. Where I have lived council lanscapers have always brought equipment in pickups, done the job and moved on to the next job. It must be very inefficient to buy equipment for each area and leave it there. I don't understand their thinking.
+1. Unless the Parish is very small and this is about the only piece of publicly accessibly land they own? Where I work, we (County Council level) would never have plant locally stored and dedicated for just one facility.
I would look (yes, at your own expense if needs be) to plant along both sides and the rear of the container. once it grows up and covers the sides it will blend in a lot more sympathetically.
mickthemechanic said:
Hi Pothole
Would you like a tin of custard on top of the container ?
PS Thanks to all the other posters who have replied.
What a fking mess. Only a st for brains council employee could think that's a good idea. I have every sympathy with you and I'd be chasing a reduction in CT and compensation for devaluing your property.
REALIST123 said:
What a fking mess. Only a st for brains council employee could think that's a good idea. I have every sympathy with you and I'd be chasing a reduction in CT and compensation for devaluing your property.
(Although I may be due a parrot.)
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Edited by OpulentBob on Friday 24th February 12:31
As suggested above, contact the clerk to the council about your concerns. I'd get other neighbours who agree with you to attend the next council meeting and during the open session for questions begin to raise the concerns as a group.
As far as solutions go. I'd look for the council planting hedging around the perimeter to stop it's use as a football goal and to hide it a bit, or I'd look for other areas storage would work better in the parish and request they look in to moving it and transporting the equipment to the site like most other councils do.
The one councillor you have spoken to may not be sympathetic to your cause but you may find that others are and would look in to changing it where possible.
You could review the minutes of the meeting that agreed the purchase and position of the container too, this may have some information to help you. This is why it's worth spending a bit of time at local meetings.
As far as solutions go. I'd look for the council planting hedging around the perimeter to stop it's use as a football goal and to hide it a bit, or I'd look for other areas storage would work better in the parish and request they look in to moving it and transporting the equipment to the site like most other councils do.
The one councillor you have spoken to may not be sympathetic to your cause but you may find that others are and would look in to changing it where possible.
You could review the minutes of the meeting that agreed the purchase and position of the container too, this may have some information to help you. This is why it's worth spending a bit of time at local meetings.
mickthemechanic said:
Hi Pothole
Would you like a tin of custard on top of the container ?
PS Thanks to all the other posters who have replied.
What a ridiculous thing to drop in the middle of a housing estate.
As other have said, if that is full of mowers etc, I'd question the economics of it.
There's a couple of thousand Pounds of Council money tied up in that container too.
http://www.portablespace.co.uk/product/20ft-x-8ft-...
I wouldn't be at all impressed if that was next to my house.
While it may not affect the value of your home, it will no doubt impact on the speed of the sale.
There will be people put off by that, particularly if, as has already been mentioned, it becomes a goal or magnet for local kids.
As other have said, if that is full of mowers etc, I'd question the economics of it.
There's a couple of thousand Pounds of Council money tied up in that container too.
http://www.portablespace.co.uk/product/20ft-x-8ft-...
I wouldn't be at all impressed if that was next to my house.
While it may not affect the value of your home, it will no doubt impact on the speed of the sale.
There will be people put off by that, particularly if, as has already been mentioned, it becomes a goal or magnet for local kids.
Isn't it sweet the way so many on here have such sad and bitter lives that they thrive on the misery of others.
That container is an eyesore and the hardstanding implies it isn't temporary. It probably suits the council as it is difficult to vandalise or get into and is low maintenance. I wonder how the councillors themselves would feel about that dumped outside their property(s)?
The point I would argue is that it's out of keeping and inappropriate for the location. I live on farmland and a container placed around here would not be an issue, but if the landowner gave permission for the circus to store the Walzer outside I'd have something to say about that straight away. If they replace the container with a more appropriate block-built storage then you may have no argument.
That container is an eyesore and the hardstanding implies it isn't temporary. It probably suits the council as it is difficult to vandalise or get into and is low maintenance. I wonder how the councillors themselves would feel about that dumped outside their property(s)?
The point I would argue is that it's out of keeping and inappropriate for the location. I live on farmland and a container placed around here would not be an issue, but if the landowner gave permission for the circus to store the Walzer outside I'd have something to say about that straight away. If they replace the container with a more appropriate block-built storage then you may have no argument.
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