Thread: Awkward for the sake of being awkward
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Old 18-01-2005, 14:07   #10
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Re: Awkward for the sake of being awkward
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Originally Posted by Graham
However the rules themselves are nonsensical.

How *exactly* is putting a flagpole on a building a "structural change"??

Knocking out a wall or building an extension is structural, a flagpole is cosmetic.

This just sounds like some jobsworth with a little bit of power deciding to exercise their ego to show how important they are.

"Awkward for the sake of being awkward"? Yep, I can agree with that.
Putting a flagpole up, well first they are generally tall and unweildy, they are also pretty heavy.
Second if you attach it to a building then you are changing the way a load is applied to the wall or roof.
E.g. A wall is designed to take the weight of the floor / roof etc and distribute it downward to the foundations. If you attach a flagpole to that wall you are now creating a force that is pulling that wall sideways, a pressure that could lead the wall to bow in high winds and pull the building down.

Planning rules benefit us all, if a council starts ignoring breaches, then enforcement gets harder and more breaches occour.

Whats the problem here, why can they not just apply for PP and put it back up. Nobody has said they will be denied PP.
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