planning refused for garage due to potential impact to tree
Discussion
N24 said:
Council planners have requested a tree survey - any suggestions/recommendations for a tree surveyor for Reading/Berks/south Oxon area??
cheers
JohnstonArb cover that area. Disclaimer, I drive for them occasionally, but they are ex-council, and know the wrinkles. Probably need access to neighbours property to measure girth. cheers
01329 800 400
https://sites.google.com/site/johnstonarb/
Edited by Slushbox on Saturday 1st October 11:58
A very well respected tree man is Hugo Loudon, at Heritage Tree Services
Used the specialist recommended - good call - thanks!
So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
Now council have refused planning as garage isn't in keeping with the street scene!
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
Now council have refused planning as garage isn't in keeping with the street scene!
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
N24 said:
Used the specialist recommended - good call - thanks!
So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
Now council have refused planning as garage isn't in keeping with the street scene!
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
that's some good accidental killing So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
Now council have refused planning as garage isn't in keeping with the street scene!
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
nice work
N24 said:
Used the specialist recommended - good call - thanks!
So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
Now council have refused planning as garage isn't in keeping with the street scene!
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
We need to see drawings and pics of the street to commentSo now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
Now council have refused planning as garage isn't in keeping with the street scene!
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
Trust me, planning is a lottery. I hate it. Just had a major application 90 units deferred on the day of committee because the planning admin team "forgot" to properly consult highways. Cost to my business circa £250k, cost to public purse of the delay at least £128k.
N24 said:
House is victorian with gable ended rooftops, garage design has similar pitch & roof top, and the entire garage will be mainly hidden from view as it's in a corner surrounded by evergreen hedging. Their description of garage is "it;s just a box with a lid", yet the neighbouring houses are 1970's, low built, concrete-brick & of no beauty.
Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
Similar pitch and roof top, but what about the ends? It's all about the detailing really - if the house was mock tudor they'd likely want a mock tudor garage. Any thoughts on getting past their street scene objection - sounds like personal opinion as I can't find any references to measure this against?
thanks!
I've tried to mimic the house in the garage - trying to get hold of the planning officer to see if we can meet on site to discuss this - but really the garage is a mini version of one end of the house. I want it all in keeping more than they will - but you're right it doesn't seem all that straightforward let alone consistent.
blueg33 said:
We need to see drawings and pics of the street to comment
Trust me, planning is a lottery. I hate it. Just had a major application 90 units deferred on the day of committee because the planning admin team "forgot" to properly consult highways. Cost to my business circa £250k, cost to public purse of the delay at least £128k.
Had a similar one recently - monthly delays cost us £330k, eventually got permission 6 months after statutory target date with very little input from us other than answering questions to which the detail should have been obvious from our original submission. Sadly, with government cuts there are now fewer and fewer competent, experienced planners working for local authorities, most decent ones upped and left for the private sector.Trust me, planning is a lottery. I hate it. Just had a major application 90 units deferred on the day of committee because the planning admin team "forgot" to properly consult highways. Cost to my business circa £250k, cost to public purse of the delay at least £128k.
Back to the OP, design is very subjective. If you feel strongly enough that the Council's reasons for refusal are weak, you can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. You can do this by the 'written reps' process, filling in forms online and paying a small fee. It takes a while though, due to the sheer number of applications for appeal in the system. You'd need to be able to clearly articulate why you consider that the garage would not be out of character or harmful to the street scene. Focus on things like scale, use of materials compared with things around you, loss of light or not, as the case may be, and what you can do to soften the impact - plant a nice hedge between it and the road/neighbours, for example.
N24 said:
Used the specialist recommended - good call - thanks!
So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
thanks!
That should please your neighbours ! Presumably they will now have to have it felled? So now the tree has been condemned as it has a massive dose of fungal rot - roots & trunk up to 3m high is hollow/like balsa. Shame as it's a beautiful tree.
thanks!
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