[UK-CONTEST] Planning Traumas in Lincolnshire

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Good luck Nick. I've found that compromises agreed with planners are  
mostly very succesfull.

(no spell check and no ready-readers in sight -please forgive spelling  
and othet mistakes!)

Callum McCormick
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Away from my desk right now..

On 13 May 2011, at 18:17, Nick Totterdell  
<ntotterdell at riverauto.co.uk> wrote:

> Many thanks to all those who have supported this planning  
> application. Support from remote radio enthusiasts clearly does not  
> carry as much weight as that from close neighbours, however it is  
> encouraging to me and makes the whole process more interesting!
> I promised to keep the group posted on my progress and as things  
> have changed somewhat, here is the latest update:
>
> I had a meeting at the house with two representatives from the East  
> Lindsey Planning Department a couple of weeks ago. I wound my 18m  
> mast to full height in the back garden with an A3S on the top and we  
> looked at this from outside the property with the planners able to  
> establish exactly what can be seen from where when the mast is  
> either fully erected or when lowered to its ambush position.
> After this we had a discussion during which the planners advised  
> that their assessment is that local opinion is equally divided and  
> that although they could probably support the application unchanged,  
> it would be much more likely to be successful if it were changed to  
> take account of the objections from some of the immediate neighbours.
>
> As a result of this meeting I have now amended the application to  
> have only a single 24m Versatower with this in the back garden and  
> with only the Titanex in the front garden. I have still shown the  
> 40m four square in the back garden too but I don't think there is  
> actually enough room for it. So if the planning is successful, I  
> will probably have to abandon my 20m, 15m and 10m monobanders and  
> have a combination of a big tribander and perhaps a small 40m beam  
> on the Versatower, whilst using the Titanex for 80m and 160m. For  
> SO2R operation I can use wire aerials or a multiband vertical, say.  
> So although the application is significantly reduced, there still  
> will be scope for some fun contest activity.
>
> The other change is to agree to restrict the full erection of the  
> mast and Titanex to 48 days/year. This is not too onerous as this is  
> not a permanent residence.
>
> Now, East Lindsey will write to all those who have previously  
> commented and have provided an address, so those of you who have  
> commented before are likely to hear about this. If you haven't  
> previously commented, a new consultation period has now been started  
> and so you could make a comment should you wish. Details of the  
> amended application can be found at http://www.theddlethorpe.org.uk/planning.htm 
> .
>
> The application is likely to come to the full council planning  
> committee in June. In the meantime I have loads of work to do so  
> will try to put this out of my mind!
>
> Thanks.
>
> 73 Nick G4FAL
>
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