Charlie's house

[RobArb]

We do need planning laws in this country but sometimes all that's needed is a little common sense.

 

Sign the petition if you want too (in not forcing anybody )

 

http://naturalhomes.org/save-charlies-house.htm

[David Humphries]

Most interesting

 

 

 

 

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[Graham]

Signed. Something close to my heart.

[arbwork]

beautiful house I wish them luck

[teepeeat]

tricky situation

On the one hand, more of us should be building and living like this, but on the other hand, in our current socio-economic set up if anybody with a bit of land takes this as a green light to build without permission citing precedent, just imagine what would happen.

My concern is not with the likes of Charlie, but the money men who would jump on this and try to make a financial killing.

What really needs to happen is for the 'system' to encourage this approach to 'home' building and to outlaw the current big builder, rabbit warren approach.

But then cash is king - always was and will be for a long time yet.

[fagus]

Not so much the house which looks fine but it establishes a residential use for the land and then Charlie's plot becomes highly valuable and saleable for who knows what in the future in the countryside.

[Hedge hunter]

no planning no house end of..

 

he would of been better to grease the council with a few hundred quid and a set of plans......

 

now they will watch the land 24/7...thats very silly,shame as there are ways to do things like that without planning if your cleaver.....

 

now his plot aint worth nothing at all and I doubt he will ever be allowed to build again.

[teepeeat]

there in lies the problem - money

[Dean Lofthouse]

A clause can be arranged with planning that the house cannot be sold, it can remain so long as they and their family are residents of the dwelling.

[teepeeat]

Dean, sounds like one good clause in the solution to the whole planning/house building mess.