CFN Thread #9 (Better call Planning)

[WhatIsThisWatt]

Okay so I wasn't going to post until I'd had some kind of resolution. However, planning called today to ask if they could access my garden on Friday as they need to do some "further investigation" and have another planning official who will be there to oversee it??

They wouldn't tell me over the phone what it was about (it wasn't Nice Planning Lady, it was someone I hadn't spoken with before)

Thanks pp for the thread title - which coincidentally was very apt!

No sign of CFN/ builders etc.

There's now a sign up saying
NO ENTRY IN TO PRIVATE GARDEN
CONTACT SOLICITORS NAME if you require further information.

Fanbloodytastic, way go go Watty. Don't forgot to update us about nndn. What a whopper of a bill they've got plus the fine (cackles while punching air)
As we have a whole weekend to wait can we please have sangria recipe from the lovely spangran

10 grand!
I wonder if they even know? Great update op

And yet some people still deny there is a God!

Yay, now you can relax, no more anguish, it may take a while, but at least you know there won't be doors !

Could you sue them for emotional distress???

We could all sue them for that FUNM

Oh to be a fly on the wall when the CFNs hear the news :)

MNeters 2 - 0 CFNE, CFN & CFB....

Justice for the Watty Household (and Others)

CFN&CFB (one & the same? - who knows?) 100% brought it on themselves..

Epic update OP - please continue to keep us posted - and don't leave out a SINGLE detail...

Only my second contribution to these threads, I've been on tenterhooks throughout!

Anyway, I suspect that the work to rectify the wanton destruction of the original window and wall will be billed to CFN and then, if they are unable to pay, a charge could be put on the property which would force them to sell, and pay for the work from the proceeds.

A very expensive mistake to make!

TL;DR, but make sure you are recompensed for any inconvenience and distress ... even if CFN turn out to be as poor as church mice (which they may well be after the courts have finished with them) it's worth lodging a claim ...

They picked the wrong woman to mess with; well done!

The fact that the building is Listed was amazingly useful.
Whattyy would have had a struggle on her hands to stop the CFN if it had just been a standard building and they were allowed to install doors under Permitted Development.
Then she would have had to fight to keep her garden private.

Can we start casting for the nice builders from English Heritage?
Needs to be senstive and intelligent, and look good with their shirt off!

What about alexander skarsgard and stephen moyer ( Bill and Eric from True Blood) ?

ooooooooo! Great update. I wonder if they'll have to bring in an actual stone mason! Imagine! I'm picturing a hunky stone mason with no shirt

@Watty - Hurrah - So pleased that you got to a decent resolution. Given that you may have to allow access for the to fix the fuck-up I would think your solicitor would be advising a decent sum of compensation for expenses, inconvenience and distress caused.

Genuinely lol @SchadenfreudePersonified for the shitting bricks!

So happy for you Whatyy

they were allowed to install doors under Permitted Development.

I don't think they would have. I'm sure there are limits on that you can do on walls at property boundaries. A window must be the limit, and only because it already existed.
(can't be arsed to look it up)

I found my flag!! Jam anchors cream for me xx good luck watty xx this thread has made my maternity ( DS aside....)

Speaking of flags...

Delurking just to say that's a great result from the planning people and I can feel the delight washing through this thread. Lovely to conclude the week on a high note and may the CFN's get everything they deserve!!

AMAZING UPDATE!

Woo! :-)

Thanks everyone

On another note, is it too early for wine? 🍷

SpanGran says it's not 😂

Well done Whattyy! I am exhausted, so I imagine you must be totally drained by the whole saga. What a triumph. It makes me feel better about all the times the wrong guy has won. You have redressed the balance. Tonight I shall mainly be drinking sangria.

If you're not driving, Abuela is right.

Oh well done Watty! Waiting with bated breath for next update.

Best wishes from Bwlchtocyn, Gwynedd. Holiday at the mo, but it's such a nice flag!