New farm drive

[Steevo]

Agreed and fees are based on that assumption but the ratio of industrial to residential/CoE/agricultural applications just doesn't stack up

Too many £200 householder applications vs £xxxxx industrial applications?

Some pretty large warehouses and residential schemes going up all around the place…..not to mention the business rates they would generate.

Also pretty easy for developers to attract planning dept employees away with a more attractive salary….who then know exactly how to find the holes in the system.

 

[George from SJM Planning]

Too many £200 householder applications vs £xxxxx industrial applications

Some pretty large warehouses and residential schemes going up all around the place…..not to mention the business rates they would generate.

Also pretty easy for developers to attract planning dept employees away with a more attractive salary….who then know exactly how to find the holes in the system.

There is that, Simon my boss and his wife are both former Local Authority but there is no incentive to stay.

As for business rates, I doubt that will head towards the planning department.

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Also pretty easy for developers to attract planning dept employees away with a more attractive salary….who then know exactly how to find the holes in the system.

Planning has been like that for years.

If you want to build a small single house you've a challenge on to get permission.

If you want to build 500 then your planning budget could be bigger than the whole annual council planning team one.

 

[warksfarmer]

Anyone put a new farm drive in, will be just for farm traffic, to keep it away from the properties on the farm. Would need to be a completely new entrance off the main road about 100 meters up or branch off the existing one and cut through a wood, what sort planning issues is all that likely to run into, I’m expecting a lot but thought I’d see if someone had just done it recently and what they experienced?

900m existing drive cost to retarmac £150k. 3 quotes all around the same.

 

[David.]

I'd be looking at concreting it once, properly, then?

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Last time we priced this up the costs where similar, needed kerb stones for tarmac though.

however over 10 yrs, the tarmac needs way more maintenance, over 20 it’s the same But over Maybe 30 the concrete might need replacing.

tarmac can be fixed in hrs and re-used. Concrete takes 4 weeks

 

[upnortheast]

Did our concrete road in 1988. - 33 years Still ex condition
Was very particular , doing it "by the book"

 

[vantage]

Did our concrete road in 1988. - 33 years Still ex condition
Was very particular , doing it "by the book"

If the concrete wouldn’t last 30 years then the job wasn’t done right!

 

[vantage]

There you go, tidy job!

 

[Nearly]

'the Xylophone'

 

[upnortheast]

If the concrete wouldn’t last 30 years then the job wasn’t done right!

Seen plenty that didn`t

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

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What base are they on? Any settlement would create a really annoying surface....

 

[CORNFLAKE]

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Looks good. Did you have to put any sub base under them for carrying heavy loads compared to just cattle?

 

[Nearly]

They were laid on existing potholed farm drive with 200mm removed.
They are at the in-laws'.
I'd have straightened it out a bit.

 

[Zebbedee]

They were laid on existing potholed farm drive with 200mm removed.
They are at the in-laws'.
I'd have straightened it out a bit.

Nicely done though