On 07/12/16 18:50, rick wrote:
On 05/12/2016 14:57, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
why not go an have informal chat with Planning Officer - I have found
them fine.

You can't, where I am. They even state this on their website.

I wanted to build a 1.5m wall around property ... current development
consent stated a fence.
They were happy to discuss ... and sent me a nice letter giving em
permission for wall up to 1.8m as long as bricks & mortar matched the
house (which I wanted)

No cost, no application.