Property Development Project - Day 160

We can leap forward again to the end of the three-week consultation period.

In the interval the planning officer has been out and put up new notices on the fence and I take the precaution of copying them in case I have trouble with the local kids trashing them again. As it turns out this particular game seems to have lost its appeal and the notices remain intact.

I have left it until a couple of days after the end of the consultation period and then I ring up the planning department and speak to someone who looks at the file for me. There are three comments:

• Highways have no problems and simply want a condition relating to the height of the hedge
• My neighbour has objected again on the same grounds as before
• The local historical society has objected as they think the development will be out of character

• I didn’t expect a problem with highways as this aspect of the scheme has not altered
• My neighbours objection will carry no more weight than it did last time
• The historical society objection is a bit of a surprise since they did not object to the previous application that was far more out of character, anyway the planners tell me that they are used to these objections and they have very little impact

However as before there are no comments in from either the Town Council nor the Conservation Officer. I shall just have to keep in contact, as I do not want to fall into the same trap as before if she has altered her opinion in any way.




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