ilogikal1 Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 My OCD demands (well, politely requests, please, if you don't mind ) that those two unused sockets are switched off. I don't understand people who leave empty sockets switched on. Quote
Darren-B Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 My OCD demands (well, politely requests, please, if you don't mind ) that those two unused sockets are switched off. I don't understand people who leave empty sockets switched on. Always leave them switched on, makes for quicker powering of utilities Quote
gsexr Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 that could be handy for a cheap secondhand ramp in the new garage Quote
ioneabee Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 Woooooooooo 3 phase....lovely! I was half expecting to read ................. "I told you so.." Quote
Keyser Posted April 8, 2015 Author Posted April 8, 2015 When I titled this thread as "part Deux" it was from the comedy Hot Shots part Deux Now this is turning into a comedy - a comedy of errors, After the earlier mentioned waiting for planning to accept our application the story gets worse so I thought I would rant at you lot....... So we go to the planning office and see the duty PO (planning Officer) He say's we have to apply for planning permission as we are lowering ground level and this is an "engineering operation" The companies looking at doing this work have all said they have never heard that one before - but OK I can take it on the chin and besides if we put in a planning application then PD (permitted development) which is a bit of a grey area won't matter - it's complicated as we are lowering ground level etc so as I say I'll take it on the chin and put in a planning application. So we do - we go back with all our plans and they go over them with the duty officer they tell us we need a floor plan and they need a cheque for £170 - we write the cheque and email them the floor plan the same day - I even have confirmation they got the email. We then get a letter saying they need a scaled block plan and a bat survey, back to the planning office we go. After speaking with the duty PO they agree that as per the planning website we don't need a bat survey and we give them a new copy of the block plan, to be fair when we copied the block plan the scale was not on it. This is not good enough though although it is the same block plan used when we applied for the planning to do the loft conversion they want one at a different scale. OK New block plan at correct scale obtained and emailed the same day, and we have the confirmation of delivery email they send back. Another week passes and today I get an email saying the still can't process my application as they need a floor plan - hang on see above - we sent them one they confirmed they got it!! Also we need to pay them £2 as we underpaid on the original application - at this point I lost the plot - we sat there and wrote the cheque in the planning office with the duty PO and it takes them4 plus weeks to say your application is held up for £2 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Any way - back to the planning office tomorrow with a copy of the email sent a month ago with the floor plan and a shinny £2 coin They don't make it easy for you do they!!!! Rant over - have a great evening 2 Quote
davedutch Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Chris, clearly you are not meant to build a new z shed there, I vote a move to the Midlands cheaper houses and even more z owners in need of your skills. I hope for the sake of your sanity you get this sorted soon. 1 Quote
ioneabee Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 350zedd will be here in a minute to say .................. "I told you so" Quote
ATTAK Z Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 ............. stuff.................... They don't make it easy for you do they!!!! Rant over - have a great evening Welcome to my world Chris (and I work for the local authority) 1 Quote
ioneabee Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 ditto ............ sadly this is not an isolated incident and most planning departments are like this Quote
350zedd Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 350zedd will be here in a minute to say .................. "I told you so" I've already spoke to Chris about it......I think...... Quote
Darren-B Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Blimey they are almost on parr with the NHS, I blame Ebized! & you better take your cheque book Chris, I doubt they will accept cash Quote
Adrian@TORQEN Posted April 8, 2015 Posted April 8, 2015 Blimey they are almost on parr with the NHS, I blame Ebized! Did you mean Bennett? Quote
Stutopia Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 When did digging a hole become "lowering ground level"? Quote
Keyser Posted May 14, 2015 Author Posted May 14, 2015 :tumbleweed: Well another step in the saga - the PO came out and had a look, took some pictures discussed all aspects and went away happy and "could see no problems" The Parish Consultation on the other hand has objected Hopefully after a day of phone calls they are now withdrawing the objection, it seems they think we want to move into the garage ???? However after the PO confirmed that we had already agreed that should a covenant stopping residential occupation be needed for the application we did not mind at all - why would we it's a garage Anyway it appears that "if" we agree that it can't be used for residential and is only used as a garage they will withdraw the objection This hopefully means we are back on track for a decision by the 22nd of this month - fingers crossed. Good thing as the builders are booked to start moving the kitchen end of next week and the demolition is due to start a few weeks later. I will keep you all informed The New Zed Shed Will Live - (hopefully) 3 Quote
Keyser Posted May 14, 2015 Author Posted May 14, 2015 Any spare rooms going in Zed Shed 2 lol Yer Suzi has one booked already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Quote
glrnet Posted May 14, 2015 Posted May 14, 2015 You've been rumbled mate, they know how long you spend in the Zed Shed, you almost live in there now, just don't put chintzy curtians up at the windows 2 Quote
Keyser Posted May 22, 2015 Author Posted May 22, 2015 After a few hiccups along the way we got the answer on "The ZedShed Part II" today ........................ Drum Roll please APPLICATION APPROVED !!!!!!!! 11 Quote
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