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zaax
Dec 8, 2011, 2:11:31 PM12/8/11
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On 08/12/11 13:12, Simon Clifford wrote:
> To summaries my issue:
> I bought a small piece of land a couple of years ago to keep some
> animals and grow some veg. Ever since then, I have had a continual and
> relentless string of problems and complaints from the neighbouring
> propery; not to me directly, but to various 'authorities'. The most
> recent being that I have installed an access without planning and that
> I have errected buildings. I have now had to pay a fair amount of
> money to get affidavits' signed and aerial photos to prove that this
> isn't the case and apply for certificate of lawful use.
> The problem seems to stell from the fact that this guy wanted to buy
> the land but had his offer rejected as "ridiculous". Where does his
> maliciousness stop. Are there any laws against this kind of
> harassment ? Aside from beating him to death with a brick, what can I
> do (legally) ?
> Second point: the "building": I have a group of old codgers who I've
> let have allotment space (for free). They have put up a shed. I
> explained to them that it mustn't have a base and it mustn't be
> permanently secured to the ground; I hoped this would qualify as a
> tempory / non-permanent stucture. The planning officer thinks
> differently. He says that to be a tempory structure, it can only
> reside for 48 hours. To me this seems a bit harsh. I have previously
> had seemingly made-up "rules / laws" from my local planners which
> don't appear documented anywhere. I think the only course of action is
> for a retrospective planning application but i'd be interested to hear
> other people's views on the practice of fabricating rules for the
> purpose of forcing people down other routes.
you need to ask on www.gardenlaw.co.uk
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zaax
My weather: http://tinyurl.com/ch6krz
> To summaries my issue:
> I bought a small piece of land a couple of years ago to keep some
> animals and grow some veg. Ever since then, I have had a continual and
> relentless string of problems and complaints from the neighbouring
> propery; not to me directly, but to various 'authorities'. The most
> recent being that I have installed an access without planning and that
> I have errected buildings. I have now had to pay a fair amount of
> money to get affidavits' signed and aerial photos to prove that this
> isn't the case and apply for certificate of lawful use.
> The problem seems to stell from the fact that this guy wanted to buy
> the land but had his offer rejected as "ridiculous". Where does his
> maliciousness stop. Are there any laws against this kind of
> harassment ? Aside from beating him to death with a brick, what can I
> do (legally) ?
> Second point: the "building": I have a group of old codgers who I've
> let have allotment space (for free). They have put up a shed. I
> explained to them that it mustn't have a base and it mustn't be
> permanently secured to the ground; I hoped this would qualify as a
> tempory / non-permanent stucture. The planning officer thinks
> differently. He says that to be a tempory structure, it can only
> reside for 48 hours. To me this seems a bit harsh. I have previously
> had seemingly made-up "rules / laws" from my local planners which
> don't appear documented anywhere. I think the only course of action is
> for a retrospective planning application but i'd be interested to hear
> other people's views on the practice of fabricating rules for the
> purpose of forcing people down other routes.
you need to ask on www.gardenlaw.co.uk
--
zaax
My weather: http://tinyurl.com/ch6krz
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