Town planners- are they the most redundant self-important species on the planet?

[duchesse]

Also, precisely what species are they?

It's a 1980s garage ffs, with an existing room. All I want to do is put a blinking bathroom in. Why do we have to speak to all and sundry??? FFFFFFS!!

possibly for the same reason you'd expect your next door neighbour to ask permission to turn their house into a bingo parlour. I know its boring but so are many tasks in life.

We live in the back of beyond. No neighbours within 200 metres. All I want to do is replace a flipping velux window and put in a bathroom. Why did speaking to planning lady make me feel as though I was waiting outside the head's office?

Oh I know. Beaurocracy Britain. Well all I can say is be very thankful that you don't work in such a place and have to deal with being surrounded by such power crazy bores.