Indeed - they turned us down on the grounds that it might be too noisy. Given that we live on the bloody flight path of East Midlands Airport, I think the kindest word for that is "fatuous"...
You could always send them one back, in similar vein, suggesting a few ways of reducing their communications and IT expenditure... :-)
Hee :-) I think Rob may be inclined to give them a piece of his mind. I can't spare any of mine :-)
...they turned us down on the grounds that it might be too noisy. Given that we live on the bloody flight path of East Midlands Airport, I think the kindest word for that is "fatuous"...
Well, exactly. I seriously wonder what some local authority folk use instead of common sense.
<cynic> I've heard rumours that some LAs have an unwritten policy of deliberately refusing planning applications, for no other reason than that the council can then collect one or more appeal fees as well as the application fee... </cynic>
possibly a picture then, one of a bowler-hatted chinless-wonder clasping their hands to their ears while a Spitfire Messerschmidt propeller is shown in the background.
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You could always send them one back, in similar vein, suggesting a few ways of reducing their communications and IT expenditure... :-)
Indeed - they turned us down on the grounds that it might be too noisy. Given that we live on the bloody flight path of East Midlands Airport, I think the kindest word for that is "fatuous"...
Hee :-) I think Rob may be inclined to give them a piece of his mind. I can't spare any of mine :-)
Well, exactly. I seriously wonder what some local authority folk use instead of common sense.
<cynic>
I've heard rumours that some LAs have an unwritten policy of deliberately refusing planning applications, for no other reason than that the council can then collect one or more appeal fees as well as the application fee...
</cynic>
You think they can read? :-)
SpitfireMesserschmidt propeller is shown in the background.