I was spoiled for choice - lots of cat posts, zoo posts, and of course Vincent posts (a lot of naked pictures back then from Guy and Naked Tango!) I settled on thiis post because it represented a momentous victory for the local residents.
A developer had bought an undeveloped plot of land between the houses opposite and the railway line behind them. The site had been left wild since being used as allotments during WWII. He also purchased the house opposite me that would give him access to the site. He applied for planning permission to knock down the house (a 105-year-old end of terrace) to make an access road on to the site where he planned to build 5 houses (wittled down from 9).
He still owns the land and the house he wanted to demolish, but so far he hasn't reapplied to build on the site.
Round 1 To Us
The good news this week was that the developer who wants to tear down a house to make an access road, and build nine others on some wild land, has lost the first round. He has the right to appeal, but the very least he has to do is get all sorts of reports done on the site he wants to destroy.The aerial picture, from Google Earth, shows the land between the houses and the railway line. The house two down from the one with the blue paddling pool in the garden is the one for demolition. The land is the big green blob in the middle.
He said he didn't have to chop down any trees to build his houses...
So what ended up happening with this? he lost round 1....was that the end of it I hope?
ReplyDeleteTheoretically he could reapply, but I found an old map showing water on the site (there is a river on the other side of the railway line) and building on soakaway and flood plain is not usually allowed any more.
ReplyDeleteHi -- popping in from Mina's blogfest, and I'm glad JoJo asked that question because I wondered the same thing.
ReplyDeleteGlad the trees are still there!
Congrats on your victory and continued peace and quiet! And thanks for participating in my blogfest!
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