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Posted by Peter Neill on April 24, 2008, 11:21 am
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Just had a call & visit from the local planning enforcement officer
following an 'anonymous' complaint that I was illegally running a
business from home.
I suspect that my neighbours (the ones with the noisy dog mentioned
before) have made the complaint, as we recently informed them that
they were in breach of the Party Wall Act with respect to the
extension they are building, which didn't go down too well.
The good news is that the planning officer (very pleasant lady btw)
happily confirmed that having a phone, desk, computer, and fax machine
is perfectly ok as she could see from our website that this is just a
local sales office, with the factory and toolroom being 25 miles up
the road in Clacton, so the complaint has been closed almost as soon
as it was opened. Having a lathe & mill in the garage for hobby use is
no problem either apparently.
I suspect that the next avenue of tit-for-tat complaints from them
will be excessive noise (although there isn't) when the machines are
being run.
Has anyone else had problems with neighbours complaining about their
hobby workshop, from noise or other activities?
Peter
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Posted by Nigel Eaton on April 24, 2008, 1:00 pm
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>I suspect that the next avenue of tit-for-tat complaints from them
>will be excessive noise (although there isn't) when the machines are
>being run.
>Has anyone else had problems with neighbours complaining about their
>hobby workshop, from noise or other activities?
Of course, if they have a neighbour dispute, then legally they are
required to tell any prospective buyer about it should they decide to
sell...
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Nigel
When the only tools you have are a Bridgeport, a CNC Taig Mill, a Colchester
and assorted other stuff, every problem looks like a steam engine.
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Posted by Lester Caine on April 24, 2008, 1:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options Peter Neill wrote:
> Just had a call & visit from the local planning enforcement officer
> following an 'anonymous' complaint that I was illegally running a
> business from home.
> I suspect that my neighbours (the ones with the noisy dog mentioned
> before) have made the complaint, as we recently informed them that
> they were in breach of the Party Wall Act with respect to the
> extension they are building, which didn't go down too well.
>
> The good news is that the planning officer (very pleasant lady btw)
> happily confirmed that having a phone, desk, computer, and fax machine
> is perfectly ok as she could see from our website that this is just a
> local sales office, with the factory and toolroom being 25 miles up
> the road in Clacton, so the complaint has been closed almost as soon
> as it was opened. Having a lathe & mill in the garage for hobby use is
> no problem either apparently.
>
> I suspect that the next avenue of tit-for-tat complaints from them
> will be excessive noise (although there isn't) when the machines are
> being run.
> Has anyone else had problems with neighbours complaining about their
> hobby workshop, from noise or other activities?
We have a file with most council departments relating to 'anonymous'
complaints, but since half the people down the road work from home, those
sorts of complaint get ignored at source :)
The last visit was about not having planning permission for our swimming pool,
which the planning office had already confirmed was not required but asked if
she could come out and take some pictures fro training purposes to show
'permitted development'. Now I just need the poxy 30 year old ex Christmas
tree to die so I don't have to keep clearing the filter and covers of pine
needles - and can get the fence to stand upright on the boundary :(
While I would like to paint the end wall of the extension, I'm not allowed on
my neighbours land even for maintenance purpose, so we assembled the gutter
and fascia on the ground and installed it from above, then finished the end
roof working from above.
AH - multimaps takeover by M$ does have some benefits -
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&t=l&map=54.2922561503807,-4.32150991458675|15|4&loc=IM:54.2922561503807:-4.32150991458675:15#map=52.04903,-1.85728|20|32&loc=GB:52.04869:-1.85691:16|wr12%207ep|WR12%207EP
I can even see the car out the front :)
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Posted by Peter A Forbes on April 24, 2008, 2:44 pm
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>Just had a call & visit from the local planning enforcement officer
>following an 'anonymous' complaint that I was illegally running a
>business from home.
In our experience, most neighbours make more noise than anything we do. The
doors to the workshop are pretty solid, the walls are bl**dy thick and the
windows are double-glazed, so not a lot, if any noise leaks out.
On a summers day the door might be open the I 'might' be drilling on the
Progress 3A by the door, but the neighbour's dog or kids always drown that out!
We did get planning consent originally in 1986 for battery assembly, although it
never happened that way....
Peter
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Peter & Rita Forbes
Email: diesel@easynet.co.uk
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Posted by Alistair Wright on April 24, 2008, 5:15 pm
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> Just had a call & visit from the local planning enforcement officer
> following an 'anonymous' complaint that I was illegally running a
> business from home.
> I suspect that my neighbours (the ones with the noisy dog mentioned
> before) have made the complaint, as we recently informed them that
> they were in breach of the Party Wall Act with respect to themachine
> is perfectly ok as she could see from our website that this is just a
> extension they are building, which didn't go down too well.
>
> The good news is that the planning officer (very pleasant lady btw)
> happily confirmed that having a phone, desk, computer, and fax > local
> sales office, with the factory and toolroom being 25 miles up
> the road in Clacton, so the complaint has been closed almost as soon
> as it was opened. Having a lathe & mill in the garage for hobby use is
> no problem either apparently.
>
> I suspect that the next avenue of tit-for-tat complaints from them
> will be excessive noise (although there isn't) when the machines are
> being run.
> Has anyone else had problems with neighbours complaining about their
> hobby workshop, from noise or other activities?
>
> Peter
>
Slightly OT. I was once shopped to the tax man by a disgruntled ex-partner
in my model railway etching business. (He had been fiddling the books so I
tipped him out). The tax man had a look at my books, and turned out to be a
model railway enthusiast himself. The bottom line was a letter saying he
regarded my business as a 'hobby' and provided my actual profit did not
exceed a particular figure (quite high) he was disregarding it, as he was
sure I could produce 'expenses' sufficient to wipe out most of the positive
cash flow which I had. There is always someone out to wreck your life if
they can. I still have that letter in my files somewhere after 22 years in
the 'hobby' business.
Alistair Wright
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>I suspect that the next avenue of tit-for-tat complaints from them
>will be excessive noise (although there isn't) when the machines are
>being run.
>Has anyone else had problems with neighbours complaining about their
>hobby workshop, from noise or other activities?