Discussion
More specifically local council planning officer, and especially the admin staff who pre-check application. Is anyone else finding them increasingly difficult and just down right thick as pig s
t?
Why can they not read scales? Why are they so retarded that they tell me my application is invalid, yet the item they request is clearly marked on the drawings I submitted? I've no idea whether this is a 'delaying' tactic to stall the application but it's starting to fk me off.
t?Why can they not read scales? Why are they so retarded that they tell me my application is invalid, yet the item they request is clearly marked on the drawings I submitted? I've no idea whether this is a 'delaying' tactic to stall the application but it's starting to f
k me off.Republik said:
I agree that they seem to have too much time on their hands. I got pulled up on our title block saying 'do not scale' even though this note has been on the drawing since we created it some 5 years ago. We have had to change it to, 'do no scale for construction purposes'.
WTF???? What a fecking bunch of retards, 'Do not scale' encompasses everything.We pay these
s to come up with that? No wonder local government is such appallingly bad value.I have had drawings returned due to the do not scale on the drawings.
one thing I have just found out is that they are charging now for them to discharge planning conditions that they imposed on you. (must admit not done a application in a while)
what is the planning fee for, why pay extra.
one thing I have just found out is that they are charging now for them to discharge planning conditions that they imposed on you. (must admit not done a application in a while)
what is the planning fee for, why pay extra.
Complete Numpties the lot of them.
We had an application in the Solihull region, I drew up the plans and it was fine till we chased the application and found it was going to be turned down due to the "45deg light rule".
We spent ages with the customer / surveyor and salesman altering the design, they then turned around and approved the original anyway
Believe they now charge £25 to discharge the planning conditions.
(Edited when I was reminded what the charge was)
We had an application in the Solihull region, I drew up the plans and it was fine till we chased the application and found it was going to be turned down due to the "45deg light rule".
We spent ages with the customer / surveyor and salesman altering the design, they then turned around and approved the original anyway
Believe they now charge £25 to discharge the planning conditions.
(Edited when I was reminded what the charge was)
Edited by carmadgaz on Monday 16th February 13:28
carmadgaz said:
Believe they now charge £25 to discharge the planning conditions.
Our lot charge £85 to discharge, and it's per submission, so if you put things in separately you pay per item.I get the impression that last year the planners were seriously overworked, and that they have a little more time on their hands now. Whether that helps the application process or not, I couldn't gauge.
Oh, as well. Is it legal for them to blanket an area of land as a conservation area, 4 days after we submitted a second planning application (first was rejected) for a development of 13 individually designed houses, and not tell us anything about it? Aren't they legally obliged to inform the owner, who is our client.
Also, we submitted plans for several farm buildings to be converted into houses. There was some issue with the access, which we had a traffic appraisal done for, suggesting a way round the visibility problem. What do the council do? Slap a TPO on a tree and hedge directly in line with the proposed visibility splay, which we had planned to remove.
Also, we submitted plans for several farm buildings to be converted into houses. There was some issue with the access, which we had a traffic appraisal done for, suggesting a way round the visibility problem. What do the council do? Slap a TPO on a tree and hedge directly in line with the proposed visibility splay, which we had planned to remove.
Republik said:
Oh, as well. Is it legal for them to blanket an area of land as a conservation area, 4 days after we submitted a second planning application (first was rejected) for a development of 13 individually designed houses, and not tell us anything about it? Aren't they legally obliged to inform the owner, who is our client.
Also, we submitted plans for several farm buildings to be converted into houses. There was some issue with the access, which we had a traffic appraisal done for, suggesting a way round the visibility problem. What do the council do? Slap a TPO on a tree and hedge directly in line with the proposed visibility splay, which we had planned to remove.
Far be it for me to suggest that the proposed building may have blighted the view from one of the planning committee member's house Also, we submitted plans for several farm buildings to be converted into houses. There was some issue with the access, which we had a traffic appraisal done for, suggesting a way round the visibility problem. What do the council do? Slap a TPO on a tree and hedge directly in line with the proposed visibility splay, which we had planned to remove.
they have to make a decision within a certain timescale, 4 or 6 weeks, i can't remember which, and they can get fined/the plans passed if they don't. If they are busy, or can't be a$$ed to make a decision within that time scale they will reject it on every spelling mistake/scale error etc etc.
and i find planners as a whole a pain in the ar$e.
and i find planners as a whole a pain in the ar$e.
_Batty_ said:
they have to make a decision within a certain timescale, 4 or 6 weeks, i can't remember which, and they can get fined/the plans passed if they don't. If they are busy, or can't be a$$ed to make a decision within that time scale they will reject it on every spelling mistake/scale error etc etc.
and i find planners as a whole a pain in the ar$e.
Its 8 weeks .and i find planners as a whole a pain in the ar$e.
As for the do not scale note , that has been around for some years now with most councils. Mine just says , " Do not scale , note for contractor only "
I do like it. Except I find it unreliable. Its forever kicking me out of the system. Then when I log back in, my list of jobs show up as ones which are of no relevance to me whatsoever.
I'm working on a listed building in Lincoln at the moment, yet it insists I'm doing a Bund in Oxford.
ETA: I'd say its the one app system I hate. I much prefered the old planning portal.
I'm working on a listed building in Lincoln at the moment, yet it insists I'm doing a Bund in Oxford.
ETA: I'd say its the one app system I hate. I much prefered the old planning portal.
Edited by Republik on Monday 16th February 15:59
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