Two big steps forward this month which made us think we’d soon be able to start the build – till we noticed the 3 steps backwards lurking in the small print.
The first step forward is the sale of our house which released the cash to pay for the conversion of the barn.
The first step forward is the sale of our house which released the cash to pay for the conversion of the barn.
The other step forward was the granting of planning permission for our revised plans. The original planning permission had 15 conditions attached, the majority of which were pre-conditions worded along the lines of “thou shalt not start any works pertaining to this grant of permission until thou hast done the following to our satisfaction ...”. With our revised application we had supplied much of the information, reports, detail, commitments, you name it, relating to those pre-conditions in the hope of clearing most of them in advance. How naive.
The Permission that came through in August had even more conditions attached. So we then had to set about dealing with 18 Conditions, most of which require further approval before work can start.
The Permission that came through in August had even more conditions attached. So we then had to set about dealing with 18 Conditions, most of which require further approval before work can start.
And since the Council are allowed 2 months to respond to whatever you send them it soon became obvious that work was not going to start any time soon. Talk about a roller coaster of emotions.
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