:::Jerry:::: wrote:

"freddyuk" wrote in message
...

We have discovered that a house at the end of our road (the corner
plot)
has been bought by a local counciller. We also know in the past
they
have used their contacts in the council to get round the planning
laws
which apply to Joe public so we are concerned that an extension is
about to be built and will detract from our road frontage and
devalue
all the properties in our road.snip rant

I suspect most do nothing if the sort, all they do is work within the
system, in other words they do nothing more than anyone who 'knows'
planning law could.

That's a very good point. The company wanting to "develop" the field out
back of us ran rings around the neighbours who objected, simply because
we were all first-timers.

Nothing illegal was done, but discretion was used in an area where
arguably it shouldn't have been... and by the time we found this out, it
was too late.


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Ian White