Field behind our property will be a housing estate

[Colonial]

Bluebarge said:

Might they be there to serve a local need?

Besides, none of that has anything to do with the chairman of the local planning committee - it's just a retail trend.

Nah - if it's a planning decision you don't like it simply must be corruption. No other explanation.

[Nerfbat]

I feel your pain - several years ago we had new housing built on the field that used to be behind our house. Our garden contains a lot of very large trees, and they built the new houses too close to our boundary, so we now get complaints about the trees blocking their light, acorns making lots of noise when they drop on their shed roofs and other similarly daft complaints.The trees were there when you bought the flaming houses !

[Pothole]

funkyrobot said:

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

dtmpower said:

funkyrobot said:

department has seen the opening of loads of European mini markets and gambling shops in the local town, whilst other types of shop have closed.

What's this got to do with housing ?

Because they seem hell bent on letting the local town go downhill whilst ruining the area around it.

you sure you're not a bit racist?

How can referring to my local council's planning committee chairman who is white British be considered racist?

It can't. Unless you're really dim, you know exactly what I mean. Why didn't you say Eastern European if you were too scared to say Polish?

[blueg33]

andy-xr said:

The time this is going to take as well - I think housing developers average about 20-25 houses per year, so a couple of years if this is Phase 1. Feel for you a bit there, going to be looking at a building site for the next few years

Build and sales rate in a good market will be a minimum of 50 per annum if its volume houses. Take a 3 month lag or so from start of the first house to its sale, and then project one sale a week. The affordable houses will be pre-sold to an HA.

If they are building timber frame the build will be quicker by about 4 weeks per house, but the sales rate will remain the same. We try to match build an sales rates to minimise work in progress and help cashflow.

[funkyrobot]

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

dtmpower said:

funkyrobot said:

department has seen the opening of loads of European mini markets and gambling shops in the local town, whilst other types of shop have closed.

What's this got to do with housing ?

Because they seem hell bent on letting the local town go downhill whilst ruining the area around it.

you sure you're not a bit racist?

How can referring to my local council's planning committee chairman who is white British be considered racist?

It can't. Unless you're really dim, you know exactly what I mean. Why didn't you say Eastern European if you were too scared to say Polish?

What the hell are you on about?

They are European shops. Some are Polish based, some are Portugese based etc. They aren't all Eastern European.

[funkyrobot]

Nerfbat said:

I feel your pain - several years ago we had new housing built on the field that used to be behind our house. Our garden contains a lot of very large trees, and they built the new houses too close to our boundary, so we now get complaints about the trees blocking their light, acorns making lots of noise when they drop on their shed roofs and other similarly daft complaints.The trees were there when you bought the flaming houses !

This is our concern with the large tree at the end of the garden. What if someone moves in and then moans about some of the above?

[Pothole]

funkyrobot said:

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

dtmpower said:

funkyrobot said:

department has seen the opening of loads of European mini markets and gambling shops in the local town, whilst other types of shop have closed.

What's this got to do with housing ?

Because they seem hell bent on letting the local town go downhill whilst ruining the area around it.

you sure you're not a bit racist?

How can referring to my local council's planning committee chairman who is white British be considered racist?

It can't. Unless you're really dim, you know exactly what I mean. Why didn't you say Eastern European if you were too scared to say Polish?

What the hell are you on about?

They are European shops. Some are Polish based, some are Portugese based etc. They aren't all Eastern European.

It was a simple, closed question.

[blueg33]

funkyrobot said:

This is our concern with the large tree at the end of the garden. What if someone moves in and then moans about some of the above?

TBH, if the tree is healthy and not dangerous then buyers would have to lump it, you would hope. Although I doubt you would get a TPO, why not drop the tree officer a line with your comcerns. Do you have a site layout, do you know if there is a house directly abutting your boundary?

[funkyrobot]

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

Pothole said:

funkyrobot said:

dtmpower said:

funkyrobot said:

department has seen the opening of loads of European mini markets and gambling shops in the local town, whilst other types of shop have closed.

What's this got to do with housing ?

Because they seem hell bent on letting the local town go downhill whilst ruining the area around it.

you sure you're not a bit racist?

How can referring to my local council's planning committee chairman who is white British be considered racist?

It can't. Unless you're really dim, you know exactly what I mean. Why didn't you say Eastern European if you were too scared to say Polish?

What the hell are you on about?

They are European shops. Some are Polish based, some are Portugese based etc. They aren't all Eastern European.

It was a simple, closed question.

Along with the dim insult? You clearly know nothing about the situation so you should keep your stupid comments to yourself.

[funkyrobot]

blueg33 said:

funkyrobot said:

This is our concern with the large tree at the end of the garden. What if someone moves in and then moans about some of the above?

TBH, if the tree is healthy and not dangerous then buyers would have to lump it, you would hope. Although I doubt you would get a TPO, why not drop the tree officer a line with your comcerns. Do you have a site layout, do you know if there is a house directly abutting your boundary?

We have the site layout and the tree is quite clearly there. Part of the planning application was the retention of all boundary trees and associated hedges etc.

I'll ask the question.

[rev-erend]

jogon said:

Start planting some giant conifers and vote UKIP.

Good idea or get the for sale board up and move.

[funkyrobot]

rev-erend said:

jogon said:

Start planting some giant conifers and vote UKIP.

Good idea

Both of them?

[Moonhawk]

funkyrobot said:

Nerfbat said:

I feel your pain - several years ago we had new housing built on the field that used to be behind our house. Our garden contains a lot of very large trees, and they built the new houses too close to our boundary, so we now get complaints about the trees blocking their light, acorns making lots of noise when they drop on their shed roofs and other similarly daft complaints.The trees were there when you bought the flaming houses !

This is our concern with the large tree at the end of the garden. What if someone moves in and then moans about some of the above?

Not your problem (unless the tree is knowingly left in a dangerous state):

http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/problems-with-n...

The neighbors would have no "right to light" and whilst they can legally trim the trees back to the boundary - it would be at their own expense.

[blueg33]

funkyrobot said:

We have the site layout and the tree is quite clearly there. Part of the planning application was the retention of all boundary trees and associated hedges etc.

I'll ask the question.

If the consent says that the trees remain then thats good, but keep yourself up to date with applications to vary conditions and submissions to discharge pre-commencement conditions, these are off most people's radar and things like a landscaping condition can be used to remove trees that people thought woul dbe staying.

[funkyrobot]

Moonhawk said:

funkyrobot said:

Nerfbat said:

I feel your pain - several years ago we had new housing built on the field that used to be behind our house. Our garden contains a lot of very large trees, and they built the new houses too close to our boundary, so we now get complaints about the trees blocking their light, acorns making lots of noise when they drop on their shed roofs and other similarly daft complaints.The trees were there when you bought the flaming houses !

This is our concern with the large tree at the end of the garden. What if someone moves in and then moans about some of the above?

Not your problem (unless the tree is knowingly left in a dangerous state):

http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/problems-with-n...

What I mean is it would be a shame if the tree was cut because they moaned.

[funkyrobot]

blueg33 said:

If the consent says that the trees remain then thats good, but keep yourself up to date with applications to vary conditions and submissions to discharge pre-commencement conditions, these are off most people's radar and things like a landscaping condition can be used to remove trees that people thought woul dbe staying.

Thanks for the advice. Will do.

[Moonhawk]

funkyrobot said:

What I mean is it would be a shame if the tree was cut because they moaned.

The tree belongs to the landowner - and they can pretty much do what they want with it as long as it isn't subject to a preservation order. As somebody else suggested - plant some trees on your side of the boundary

[funkyrobot]

Moonhawk said:

The tree belongs to the landowner - and they can pretty much do what they want with it as long as it isn't subject to a preservation order. As somebody else suggested - plant some trees on your side of the boundary

Indeed. It would be a shame. But like you say, nothing we can do about it.

We'll try the preservation order and get planting.

[otolith]

The local town has now spread to the edge of the outskirts of our village, through greenfield building. Meanwhile developers keep being knocked back on a development on the other side of the village, and keep reapplying. It is inevitable that we will be eventually absorbed into the suburban sprawl, and the place will become a less pleasant place to live. There's nothing to be done, we will just have to up sticks and move to another rural area.

[TTmonkey]

funkyrobot said:

Both of them?

Is your house on rightmove yet? would love to see it....