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From:
Antony Hunt
Here's
some useful information for you along with a great contact I know should
you need any first class advice on planning matters.
I don't
know whether it's ever crossed your mind, but the majority of people
I speak to regarding our storagemarquees often have a concern regarding
planning permission - at the outset.
I know
it's a tedious subject, but as you can imagine, in dealing with this
on a daily basis, it's a subject I've learned quite a bit about over
time.
So, on
that basis, I thought you might be interested to learn a bit more about
how things stand ~ usually:
Why
usually? You see, your own local planning officer can, and often
will interpret the law depending upon your own location and the surrounding
area.
What's
more, the duration of the hire period does have an impact on their decision
and unfortunately, there's no real hard and fast rule in their decisions,
IT'S A VERY GREY AREA.
That
said though, there are guidelines which are followed, but generally,
in fact most often, the planning office will look at your case sympathetically
IF YOU ARE HONEST WITH THEM.
To give
you an example, if you want the storagemarquee for three, six or nine
months, they will almost always grant you permission without any problems
at all.
After
all, your requirement for more space normally means increased business,
maybe more employment, and the councils are encouraged to help in any
way they can - not stand in your way!
That
said though, if you tell them you want to install a storagemarquee for
three months, when you know from the outset that your requirement is
for 12 months, you could quite possible land yourself in hot water.
Quite
frankly, the way the system works, if you were to have a storagemarquee
installed, and NOT inform the planning department beforehand, you could
conceivably have it in place for nine or so months before they could
finally enforce an enforcement notice, but that's really not
the best way forward.
If you
go down that route though, you are going to have all kinds of daily
hassle and potential law suits,(rather like the travelling community)which,
can easily be avoided by being up front and honest from the outset.
The best
way surely then, is to call the local authority and tell them your plan
and anticipated time frame. You'll most likely find that they will be
sympathetic and help you as much as they can.
The only
downside to this approach is that the committees meet generally every
six to eight weeks, so it's good to plan ahead.
Failing
that, if it's an emergency, you can always proceed and have your storagemarquee
installed and apply for retrospective permission, again, as long as
you tell them you've got one and the period of time you have in mind.
So there
it is, are you any clearer now than five minutes ago? I hope so.
Yours
for instant "Problem free" space
Regards
Antony
Hunt
Managing Director
sales@storagemarquees.com
www.storagemarquees.com
PS
-- Here's a great contact to have on your side if you do want professional
advice with planning or indeed, a specialist to fight your corner with
planning authorities in the event of having a rejection.
CT PLANNING
CHARTERED TOWN PLANNERS
CHRISTOPHER
TIMOTHY 01543 418779
EMAIL: ctimothy@ctplanning.co.uk
Website: www.ctplanning.co.uk
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