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Playing the planning game
I recently had cause to speak at a planning committee meeting for the first time since my own self-build project, 15 years ago. The memories came flooding back and I left feeling just as dejected as I did back then. The system has barely changed − it’s as self-serving as it ever was. I won’t bore you with all the details, but a local land owner has applied for planning consent for a couple of plots opposite my home. As a self-builder I welcome this, but the sites are at the end of a long narrow lane with absolutely no turning head for vehicles on the planning drawings, which I don’t agree with at all.