Urgent Legal opinion needed

When the Chicken Farm along our lane was given Planning consent, one of the conditions was that the Lorries had to approach from one particular direction.
Today we have photographed them using the 'wrong' end of the lane.
Question Is there a time limit on Consent conditions. ie Do they stop being operative after 15 years?
Question. With whom do we get in touch at the Council to get clarification.?
Did stop one of the drivers and told him of the conditions. The Farm has new owners, no idea who they are or where they are.
Thanks.

 

Thank-you.
Will ring the Planning Dept tomorrow, no point on a Monday!!!!!!!!

 

If they're new owners they might not be aware of that particular condition? But saying that, drivers who worked for the old owners would do and maybe they're deliberately not telling the new owners because it might be easier for them to go the other way, which isn't ideal for you guys

 

Does your local authority have details of planning applications available to view online? It might assist if you can locate a copy of the consent with that condition before speaking to the planners.

 

Not that we can find.
Another one has just gone past too. I will park my car outside, that stops all commercial vehicles without my leaving my own land. The road is too narrow unless they go on the verge.

 

They should be archived on the council website. I've found ones going back a few years on our council's site. Hopefully yours will have a similar archive

 

If the permission isn't on their GIS then somebody may need to look on one of their old 'plotting sheets', paper maps with all the application numbers relating to individual properties handwritten on it. These used to get microfiched, but have now probably been digitised. The planners will should have a copy of every permission ever granted in one form or another.

 

We now find out that the Council did not write the restriction into the original permission, even though it was their stipulation. There is nothing we can do about it.
B.......s!

 

Oh no! :( so sorry to hear this :(

 

Which 'Council' stipulated it - was it a recommendation of the County Council in their capacity as Highways consultee, or your District/Borough/Etc., Council who granted the permission and either stated in their report that such a condition was necessary, or ignored County's recommendation?

The former may have been strong grounds for Maladministration, but I suspect you're out of time to complain after 15 years, but still check. I always follow these recommendations up if they don't get into the planner's reports, plus contact Highways consultees (and others) direct during the application process if required.



P.S. Mrs Scrungee & I both studied Planning at Uni, her perhaps in more depth than I, but I spent many years as Parish Councillor responsible for planning. We also jointly defeated a local planning appeal prepared by one of her professors acting as consultant for the applicant.

 

We have a copy now of the original Planning consent and while there is a stipulation about time there is none of preferred route, which is what we were led to believe was included.
Thanks for trying.

 

Buy an old scrapper, sorn it , park it on your land. If it blocks the road.