I've got this porch, a hideous flat roofed 70's DIY nightmare of a blue
crumbling embarrassment. It is so far beyond crap, that if I replaced
it with actual crap, my neighbours would be pleased. I submitted a
planning application in March. 21 weeks later I was told that my
replacement porch was not acceptable, so I had it redrawn as a small
open pitched-roof-timber-frame-on-small-wall-typical-thing you get
round here, and thay are still f*cking around.

Are you sure you need permission? You may be able to proceed under permitted
development rights. First check if your house has permitted development
rights (they may have been removed at some point, perhaps at construction,
you might live in a conservation area or listed building etc...). Also check
your development meets the criteria for a Part D exemption (shown below).

Then, assuming it all stacks up, tell them to f*ck off!

Christian.

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19950418_en_4.htm

Permitted development
D. The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door
of a dwellinghouse.
Development not permitted
D.1 Development is not permitted by Class D if-


(a) the ground area (measured externally) of the structure would exceed 3
square metres;


(b) any part of the structure would be more than 3 metres above ground
level; or


(c) any part of the structure would be within 2 metres of any boundary of
the curtilage of the dwellinghouse with a highway.