What harm is he doing?

[Jonjon79 13,358]

I hate stories like this - this old boy has been living on a 3 acre farm that he's owned for 30yrs and now, just because some nasty little council worker can, they're enforcing the rules and turning his life upside down.

 

How difficult would it be to just backdate his permission and leave him in peace?

 

There some proper nasty little arseholes out there in official roles - no wonder they're so hated.

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[Arry 21,424]

I thought there was some law were if you live there for so many years you got back dated planing,

Was a lad I knew built a stable he never even had a horse and a light was on even night for five years or so, he told planing he's living there all that time.

Then got planing to change it to a bungalow.

Mind planning is shady as f**k around here.

Cheers Arry

[Daniel cain 45,065]

54 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said:

I hate stories like this - this old boy has been living on a 3 acre farm that he's owned for 30yrs and now, just because some nasty little council worker can, they're enforcing the rules and turning his life upside down.

 

How difficult would it be to just backdate his permission and leave him in peace?

 

There some proper nasty little arseholes out there in official roles - no wonder they're so hated.

Wales: Man ordered to leave shipping container he's lived in for 30 years

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Newport City Council has ordered former tip worker Stephen Gibbons to move out of his home at an old...

 

funny one this Jon...the person who actually lives there is not the dude in the story .... apparently??? 

[Jonjon79 13,358]

38 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

funny one this Jon...the person who actually lives there is not the dude in the story .... apparently??? 

Ah ok mate - I just took it at face value

 

Still, I can't see the issue with someone building something to live in on their own land - these regulations and control just smell of power hungry bureaucrats to me.

[Jonjon79 13,358]

52 minutes ago, Arry said:

I thought there was some law were if you live there for so many years you got back dated planing,

Was a lad I knew built a stable he never even had a horse and a light was on even night for five years or so, he told planing he's living there all that time.

Then got planing to change it to a bungalow.

Mind planning is shady as f**k around here.

Cheers Arry

I don't know mate - I'm sure there's a law that you can claim a piece of land if you've been on it or using it for so many years unchallenged?

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Imagine a world without rules and regulations we would be in a right mess.

Hes been caught out so must suffer the consequences ,should think himself lucky hes had 30 years .

Living in a container ffs 

[tatsblisters 9,448]

Reading story's like this always reminds me of the chap who shot and killed that planning official years ago when they came to issue him with a court order.

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

Just now, tatsblisters said:

Reading story's like this always reminds me of the chap who shot and killed that planning official years ago when they came to issue him with a court order.

Albert Dryden 

[mackem 26,227]

19 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Albert Dryden 

Good memory died a few years ago in a care home. 

 

[tatsblisters 9,448]

11 minutes ago, mackem said:

Good memory died a few years ago in a care home. 

 

What calibre was the gun looks like an old Webley service revolver.

[Jonjon79 13,358]

39 minutes ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Imagine a world without rules and regulations we would be in a right mess.

Hes been caught out so must suffer the consequences ,should think himself lucky hes had 30 years .

Living in a container ffs 

I'm not advocating a total free for all - the story is about someone that's chosen to live their way on a small area of the land that they own.

 

How can it be right to pick on him now? It's his land.

[Arry 21,424]

Around here there are little shanty towns of Crusty's up green lanes. Caravans in lay-bys with fenced off areas with some chickens etc in the lanes, Laybys on the main roads fenced off caravans, yurts. Caravan in the woods, Tents hidden away. It's No Soaper central and no f**k does anything.

A mate has a small Orchard that used to be a small caravan park has a work shop keeps couple of pig and poultry applied to put up a Bungalow and got turned down. Few days later was contacted by several different builder trying to buy it off him saying they can get planning. It's who you know around here and back handers and funny hand shakes.

Planning is corrupted here.

Cheers Arry

[Jonjon79 13,358]

24 minutes ago, mackem said:

Good memory died a few years ago in a care home. 

 

Again, they could have just let the old boy be - he wasn't harming anyone.

[tatsblisters 9,448]

This eye sore has been a feature as you enter Rotherham for the last 15 years or more but because it belongs to a Muslim the council have took no action in getting it knocked down.

[chartpolski 23,147]

38 minutes ago, Arry said:

Around here there are little shanty towns of Crusty's up green lanes. Caravans in lay-bys with fenced off areas with some chickens etc in the lanes, Laybys on the main roads fenced off caravans, yurts. Caravan in the woods, Tents hidden away. It's No Soaper central and no f**k does anything.

A mate has a small Orchard that used to be a small caravan park has a work shop keeps couple of pig and poultry applied to put up a Bungalow and got turned down. Few days later was contacted by several different builder trying to buy it off him saying they can get planning. It's who you know around here and back handers and funny hand shakes.

Planning is corrupted here.

Cheers Arry

A true story.

My mate had a stable and paddock on a country lane, the only other building was next door, a very nice, old, stone built cottage owned by an eminent surgeon.

My mate applied for planning permission to build a cottage on the paddock that would be completely in keeping with the other cottage.

He was told the land was green belt and a wild life corridor and planning was objected to by the surgeon and was therefore refused.

Some time later my mate had an offer to buy his land, by a developer, that was simply to good to refuse, so he sold.

Almost immediately building started on the plot, planning permission had suddenly been granted, and it later came out that the surgeon owned the development company, and he built a big house for his daughter and family !

Its not what you know.....it's who you know.

Cheers.