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Planning & Parking
Permissions, footprints, and disputes over where things may go.
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Planning & Parking stories
Divorced Homeowner Seeks Partner Willing To Take Hedge Disputes Seriously
A 58-year-old divorced homeowner has received fourteen replies to a personal advert specifying that any partner must be willing to take hedge disputes seriously. He has met three of them, and describes one as the first person in eleven years to engage with the evidence.
Personal Advertiser Seeks Partner Who Understands Why Neighbour's Pergola Had To Be Reported
A retired homeowner has placed a lonely-hearts advertisement seeking a companion who will accept, without needing it explained twice, that a garden pergola 28cm over the permitted height left him no alternative but to contact the council.
Resident Seeks Witnesses After Dispute Over Direction Of Garden Gnome Escalates
A retired air traffic controller has placed a formal witness appeal on lamp posts across a residential close following a six-month disagreement about which way a neighbour's fishing gnome should face.
Residents' Association Chairman Maintains Appointment Was Accidental Six Months Into Role
A resident who attended his estate's annual general meeting to raise a single footpath complaint has confirmed he remains chairman of the residents' association, despite losing a vote of no confidence last Tuesday.
Resident's Complaint About Ball Games On Village Green Ends In Boundary Survey
A written request that children stop playing football near a house on a village green has produced a petition, two resignations from the parish council and a £1,150 boundary survey, which reported last week.
Residents Question Who Private Club Expansion Is Ultimately For
A members-only club has applied to extend across a stretch of open land, citing jobs, prestige and community benefit, while residents continue to ask what scale is proposed and who will be permitted to use it.
Commuter Defends Oversized Vehicle Found Larger Inside Than Its Footprint
A long-distance traveller insists that a tall blue structure parked without consent occupies a modest footprint, despite multiple reports that its interior substantially exceeds the dimensions visible from the pavement.