Riding School may have to tear down new indoor school

Unfortunate, but if everybody ignore planning rules then there would be complete chaos. It's quite clear that she built something placed differently to the planning approval and she should have submitted a new/amended application. At the same time obstucting a right of way by the sounds of it.

Her only legal thing to do is to try to get retrospective planning permission, or tough, the Council will probably make her rip it down. That's the law, even if some people stupidly/arrogantly believe differently.
 
Unfortunately if its not built where it should have been then I don't see there is a lot they can do. If the planning people say its got to come down all they can do is appeal, if appeal say no then thats it.

Wonder why they didn't go back to planners when they relised they couldn't built it where it should have been.
 
Sorry, I have no sympathy for the woman. Either she should have paid to have the power lines moved, or amended her application to site it in a different place. And she'd rather have all the drama and go to the press than submit a retrospective application. She comes across as being a rather silly woman in that report...
 
I have no sympathy either.

Even more annoying that she say's she cant apply for restrospective planning permission! So she thinks she can just build it in the wrong place and not reapply for permission!
 
Totally agree. If we all ignored Planning and stuck up what we wanted and where we wanted it would be a right mess.

What I dont understand is how come the Power lines were not taken into consideration when the original plans were submitted? Surely she must have realised these were going to be a problem right from the start? Why did she not then apply for the school to be built in the other location to start with ... or did she know she would be turned down there and so thought she was being clever and no-one would notice the different position?
 
I also have little sympathy, despite my protests my hubby insisted we didn't need planning for our outdoor menage! Lo and behold a visit from the planning officer ensued and we had to put in for retrospective permission which cost us about twice the price of doing the right way. Lesson learned by the OH (the hard way)!!
There is no point in trying to flout/ignore these rules!
 
What she needs to do is park a load of caravans on it with people with dodgy accents, then claim it's her "human rights" to live how she wants, bit of rubbish scattered in the right places, few mangy looking dogs chained up, no insurance or tax on her vehicles and she will be fine, if it comes down to police and baliffs, then build a bonfire throw on some gas canisters and all the officials run a mile, well what's good for one is good for the other, or do we pick and choose who to enforce regulations on.
 
My thoughts too Folara.
I have no sympathy either I'm afarid.
Does she not realise applying for Retrospectively , if she wins, would be by far her cheapest option. If she also submits to divert a Public footpath, she can get away with it (possibly)
 
An interesting combination....a rescue centre...with a riding school...
Or am I the only one confused by this?
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No, you aren't!

However they are a Registered Charity, and a riding school, and have a competion livery yard, a tack shop and are BHS Approved Riding School.
So not a struggling small charity trying to make ends meet, so I find is very wrong for them to play the 'rescue pony ' card
as an excuse to flout planning regulations
Pay the fees for retrospective and footpath diversion like anyone else has to.
 
No sympathy here either.

stupid woman built without planning permission and now that she has been given a way to correct it wont take it.
Retrospective planning permission was put in place for situations just like this. In the end Retrospective planning permission will cost less then pulling the building down and putting a new one up where it was supposed to go!
£150k for an indoor school is madness anyway.
 
This woman is a business woman & knew full well that planning permission was required, that's why she submitted plans in the first place. To have plans passed & then build it where she wanted to & not where it was stipulated was irresponsible & stupid. If they had problems with power lines then they should have gone back to the council....she knew that, didn't bother & now she faces demolition.

Trying for the sympathy vote playing the rescue centre card is clutching at straws..... I've not a great dealof sympathy with her.
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I didn't say I was particularly sympathetic and agree with everyone as to doing it properly, but if they enforce this I expect every and I mean every planning rule to be enforced EVERYWHERE.
 
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I think we have all grasped by now your extreme dislike of anybody who chooses to live an alternative lifestyle, do change the record
 
Reality check!
This lady has gone out seeking publicity to play the 'charity/rescue centre' card when if I were her I would of kept my gob shut and paid up.
If she can afford to have built an indoor school, then surely the revenue created would easily pay for the couple of hundred pounds in planning???
 
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Well if she is refusing to apply for retrospective planning permission, I have no sympathy.

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She "believes" it will be too costly. TBH she should have thought about that at the time. Also I really don't think that the "where would my rescue horses go" and "there is nowhere else for the little children to ride" emotional blackmail will work. She is supposed to be running a business and should have thought about that before she started...
 
Our riding school had to go through just under 2 years with the planners, expensive and time-consuming. I have no sympathy its her own fault for thinking she was above everyone else!
 
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What she needs to do is park a load of caravans on it with people with dodgy accents,

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I think we have all grasped by now your extreme dislike of anybody who chooses to live an alternative lifestyle, do change the record

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I dont have a problem with alternative anythings or anyone, as long as EVERYONE plays by the same rule book and the relevant authorities enforce the rules and law on EVERYONE, not just on the ones who they can be bothered with and are an easy target.
This lady has done it wrong and will have to pay one way or the other, yes she is playing the charity card, but hey all the other types do the same thing when it's convenient for them, so you cant blame her for trying, lets put it this way, I,m sure the taxman will have his pound of flesh while the menage is earning, they wont say Oh it's an illegal erection we wont tax you on it's earnings, but when the the council bulldozers are there knocking her place down perhaps a discount could be arranged for them to bulldoze any other illegal sites they pass on their way to her place, or will that be different ?
 
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