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I applied for change of use planning permission to use my agricultural barn to hold weddings. The planning was refused by highways saying that turning into my site would cause hold ups on the road. The district planning office visited the site and said every other aspect was fine ie sightlines,parking, noise etc.
I appealed using traffic counts to prove that the traffic disturbance would be minimal and the Inspectorate accepted my point and allowed the appeal.
However there were conditions set to the decision that were obviously set by the highways dept. These included parking, sightlines and turning circles on the site.
All these conditions already exist and have done so for over 20 years and had already been approved by the district council, who are responsible for the planning, highways only being advisory.
I now have to get these conditions discharged which involves submitting plans and a fee of over £2,000.
I don't feel I have to pay to show the council that nothing has changed on my site for 20 years as well as all the information they want was included in the transport statement that went with my appeal.
Any thoughts on whom to complain to, any chance of not having to pay the £2,000 and whether I can sue the council for a years lost income and the cost of all the appeal process.
The national Planning Statement states that a planning request should not be refused if the only complaint is non severe road problems.
Thank you for any input.
Alan
I applied for change of use planning permission to use my agricultural barn to hold weddings. The planning was refused by highways saying that turning into my site would cause hold ups on the road. The district planning office visited the site and said every other aspect was fine ie sightlines,parking, noise etc.
I appealed using traffic counts to prove that the traffic disturbance would be minimal and the Inspectorate accepted my point and allowed the appeal.
However there were conditions set to the decision that were obviously set by the highways dept. These included parking, sightlines and turning circles on the site.
All these conditions already exist and have done so for over 20 years and had already been approved by the district council, who are responsible for the planning, highways only being advisory.
I now have to get these conditions discharged which involves submitting plans and a fee of over £2,000.
I don't feel I have to pay to show the council that nothing has changed on my site for 20 years as well as all the information they want was included in the transport statement that went with my appeal.
Any thoughts on whom to complain to, any chance of not having to pay the £2,000 and whether I can sue the council for a years lost income and the cost of all the appeal process.
The national Planning Statement states that a planning request should not be refused if the only complaint is non severe road problems.
Thank you for any input.
Alan
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