[Xaccers]

Recieved a letter today from the council regarding the methodist church two doors up.
They want to build a single story extension joining the back of the church to an ancilary building (looks like disused workshops/stables) and develope the ancilary building into a youth service and hospitality provider (complete with bar), currently the area is an old cobbled drive which is all overgrown showing how little the church has been used in the past 3 years.
The thing is, either where the back wall of the extension is going to be, or in the enclosed garden they're going to make behind it, are large sewer covers, a sewer which is fed from mine and next door's toilets. There's also an access cover for it at the front of the proposed extension. That's where it regularly gets blocked, requiring the water company to come out and clear it. The plans include many more toilets, which will either help keep the sewer clear with all the extra flushing, or block it quicker with the extra paper.
The church hasn't been used for over 3 years, and even then the largest number of visitors were the choir practicing in the evening once a week.
So there is a possibility of increased congestion and loss of parking, depending on what time of day the church is used. As I've said before, at least the mosque is only busy for an hour on Friday afternoons when most people are at work so it's not really a problem, but the churches in the area which do not have off road parking do cause a problem as they tend to be used when residents are home.

I've been online and checked all the plans, and will discuss the matter with my neighbours as access from the proposed enclosed garden to the street will be down the side of their house, which at them moment is only seperated from their garden by a low wall.