I am beside myself with worry. I live in and own a 3-bed maisonette above a shop. The shop beneath me is a newsagents and the shop next door has been a post office for years. I received a letter from the council saying that the post office had applied for planning permission to turn it into a hot food takeaway. At the bottom of the letter the council said they could not take into consideration any 'material considerations' such as property value, loss of view, prvate disputes, impact of construction work or competition between firms.
Hmm not really much left out of that bunch to complain about other than people hanging around outside, the noise, and the smell. I'm concerned that these three things may not be enough?
I was unsure if I could put that it would effect the number of mortgage lenders who will lend to me in case it is classed as a material consideration? - It definitely will have a huge impact which will of course make my property virtually impossible to sell. Any advice?
2006-06-29 07:22:07 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
A lot of planning departments put applications online. A good idea is to browse them, then look at the objections written by professionals.
Rule no. 1 is stick to the points you ARE allowed to object on. There will be literature explaining those, and there are a great many of them. Couldn't say what grounds would apply here; it depends partly on what you want - to keep the post office or avoid the takeaway?
Instinct says that objecting to a planning application on the grounds that you want to keep your post office won't work - the planning system is not in charge of Royal Mail, and it is to them that you need to take your concern.
If the takeaway is going to have late night strippers, bouncers and fights outside it, you could object on those grounds. Again, instinct says that unless you can demonstrate that the problem will be serious (and a takeaway does sound fairly innocuous from this distance) you won't win.
2006-06-29 07:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best one to go for is that it will not fit in with the locality, councils have to take into account the impact on the street scene. Visit your local councils website and check out their planning portal, that should give you a few ideas. The best thing to do is to get a petition started up and present that to the planning authority and get as many local people to object as you possibly can, again you can do this online through the planning portal.
2006-06-29 14:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by ligiersaredevilspawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Leave the bath to overflow a few times after you went out of course and forgot your mobile
2006-06-29 15:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the council chambers and talk to them. You pay taxes. They take a wage. We all forget that. Email me if you want more advise
2006-06-29 14:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by thecharleslloyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try going to the council chambers to get this sorted...if it doesnt work, sell up quickly! sell to someone that buys property just to rent out again to students (we have loads of student houses here!) they dont care what they uy or rent cis its just about money to these buyers!
Good Luck with whatever you decide to do?! xx
2006-07-01 00:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by splight 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋