Have you nothing better to do?
2007-05-24, 9:52 p.m.
One of the neighbours has objected to our planning application.BF has been around to all the houses near us and spoken to the neighbours about our plans and how they might (or might not) affect them all. Every single neighbour has expressed some concerns as they "hear BF is a musician". They are all worried about noise pollution and extra traffic generated by our Recording Studio.
However, BF has explained to them all that we have had a recording studio in the house since the day that we moved in. They have all looked very surprised and have admitted that they had no idea/hadnt heard a thing etc etc.
BF went to the planning office today as tomorrow is the last day for people to raise any objections they have to the scheme.
Astonishingly, there was a letter lodged from our neighbours opposite (the ones BF spent an hour discussing the plans with!)
If they were so against it, why the fuck didnt they say so when BF went to see them? All they needed to say was "Well, we're not really sure we want that. Can you explain this this and this to us?" and we would've.
The Cunts.
These people (a couple and their two grown up children), we have since found out, have objected to every single planning application in our street. The houses were all built around the same time (late 70's) and each one was individually designed, they aren't 'estate' houses. Most of these houses have had just one owner since they were built - we bought ours from the original owner. Consequently, most of the houses have been altered in some way or another over the last 30 years. Most have extensions or conservatories. One has a pool, another has a bedroom built over the garage. And those miserable buggers have objected to every single application.
We're "ruining the character" of the street, apparently.
As we aren�t building a glass dome in the front garden or having the roof re-tiled with mirrors or having Fuck Off picked out in multi-coloured block paviours on the drive, Im struggling to see how this can be so.
So confident am I that our plans actually make the house look much nicer, here�s the existing layout
and the proposed.
Bear in mind, these people are only complaining about the FRONT of the house, and not the back (where the conservatory�s going). They would rather look at a giant wobbly silver garage door than a neat porch extension and a swiss balustrade. *shakes head*
BF is talking about going to see them again tomorrow but I think we should hang on and see what the planners say. When BF spoke to them today they told him they have refused planning permission on alterations where no-one has objected and have accepted plans that everyone has objected to. Im pretty sure the planning office will know of our neighbour. Does he come under the heading �vexatious litigant�?
Oooh, that reminds me � heard about this on the radio this morning and laughed my stupid head off.
From The Times
May 21, 2007
Freedom of information �needs restraints�
Frances Gibb, Legal Editor
A crackdown on those who abuse the Freedom of Information Act will begin this week as the row intensifies over whether MPs should be exempt from the law.
Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, will call for a new �charter of restraint� amid growing concerns that the Act is becoming a victim of its own success.
Mr Thomas, who will address a conference on the Act to be attended by the Lord Chancellor, told The Times that he would back public bodies if they refused requests by vexatious claimants or �repeat players�. He said: �Some people can be obsessive and use the FoI Act to pursue a grievance they have with a public authority and a lot of time can be wasted.
Examples of �pointless� requests that he believed did the Act a disservice included: requests for the Prime Minister�s make-up bill; the number of eligible bachelors in Hampshire police; and the amount spent on Ferrero Rocher chocolates by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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