On 05/12/16 17:59, Andrew Mawson wrote:


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


That's the impression I got from Rother too (same council as you know).

The BCOs are great though - at least the two I met.

I suspect the BCOs are practical types that don't mind meeting the
public, whereas planning are faceless bureaucrats with no sense of
public service.

I think planning applications should be free and paid for out of council
tax - they are for the most part for *everyone else's* benefit and not
the applicant's.


BTW - what's a 28 day notice?