Dispute between neighbours

muffler

I got the following in an email today and apparently its all true.

Dispute Between Neighbours - this is a true story...

A town councillor in Wales , Mark Easton, had a beautiful view of the mountains, until a new neighbour purchased the land below his house and built a new home.

The new home was 18 inches higher than the planning dept had approved, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the local authority to make sure they enforced the roof line height.

The new neighbour had to drop the roof height, at great expense. Recently, Mark Easton called the planning dept, and informed them that his new neighbour had installed some vents on the side of his new property.

Mark didn't like the look of these vents and asked the planning dept to investigate.

When they went to Mark's home to see what the vents looked like, this is what they found....


The Local Authority said the vents can stay since there is no planning law referring to shutter design.

Edit: Cant get the bloody pics to upload. Give me a minute.

biko

Seen it, it's a good one.

Poor Uncle Tom

:D

Your new neighbour has a sense of humour there Mark..

Live and let live.

Adhamh

I know that I don't have the details, but still if he knowingly defied planning regulations, he deserves to have had to pay a fortune to rebuild to roof.

muffler

Adhamh wrote: »

I know that I don't have the details, but still if he knowingly defied planning regulations, he deserves to have had to pay a fortune to rebuild to roof.

You haven't looked at the pics yet I take it?

pseudo-tech

Saw it myself. It raises the question of people using the planning system (to the letter of the law) to settle scores. How many people have had dubious objections to planning applications for dubious reasons.

A good example above of regulation gone mad!

Adhamh

Hm?
I did see the pictures.
Maybe you're implying that it's daft that the planning body would enforce something so seemingly insignificant and not have the power/will to do anything about the vents, but I was just commenting on the mans infuriating disregard for the law. I was born without a sense of humour.

muffler

Adhamh wrote: »

I did see the pictures...............................I was born without a sense of humour.

This thread was driven by the humorous content of the pics rather than the story itself.

Adhamh

Ah, differing tastes is all...

jozi

I Lol'ed

Just read a few funny Jade Goody jokes before this, kinda jokes you shouldn't laugh at but you do anyway :P