"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 05/12/16 16:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 05/12/16 15:42, Tim Watts wrote:
If only our PP officers were available for 15 minute ad hoc queries...

I have found that planning CONSULTANTS are.

That was going through my mind - happy to pay £100 for an answer like that
(I would expect to hear "no problem, just do it" or "you WILL need PP"). In
the latter case, I might need a bit of help drawing up a PP application.

I will have to see if I can find one who knows the council and their
foibles ideally (I assumed that matters?)


I asked one this year whether planning could be acquired to develop
outside of designated zones in the country. His remark 'Cats chance in
hell' was exactly the sort of information I needed, although I didnt
want to hear it.




When I was considering building a new tractor shed and wanted help from
Rother there was none ! All they would say was 'put in an application and
find out' - so pretty useless. Time was when you could get guidance talking
to a human being, but councils don't seem to employ them any more In the
event I slapped a 28 day notice on them and they accepted it still cost
£80 plus £100 for plans

Andrew