After 9 months, planning permission and listed building consent was granted with 14 conditions, for 1 Church Street, Lyme Regis, last Friday. This was the best Christmas present the clients could hope for after such a long wait. Is this a record for the longest time taken to get consent or the maximum number of conditions? It is galling that building owners and their agents have to jump through so many hoops when other equally simple applications are issued in less time with fewer (standard) conditions across the border in South Somerset and East Devon. It’s about time the system […]
Monthly archives: December 2020
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What are we looking forward to most this Christmas? Getting everyone their planning permission before the holiday starts. Making positive changes, moving house, reducing travelling time, working from home in the New Year and keeping it local. Scaling back on the festivities, even picnicking on the beach for an alternative Boxing Day lunch if we can find and unwrap all the accoutrements in time. Acts of love will have to suffice this year, home-made presents and decorations with some carefully selected background music and candles. Wishing all our clients, colleagues and suppliers a very Merry Christmas and a Peaceful New […]