...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>
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Well, exactly. I seriously wonder what some local authority folk use instead of common sense.
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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...
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