OT Time for direct action

[ARW]

But I have just had the info on my Dad closing down the building site (38 houses) next to his house.

Direct talks with the management about noise before 8am (not allowed) and mud on the road not getting cleared up (builders claim to clean the street daily) did not work so he parked his car across the entrance to the site and closed it down for the day.

The police have decided that it is a civil matter and are not interested.

And it did work. Dunno what closing the site down for a day costs but there is now no noise before 8am and the street is cleaned every day.

[Tim Watts]

How refreshing when that actually works in someone's favour. Normally it is the stock excuse when the police can't be arsed.

Well done dad.

But was his car still in one piece? I am surprised 4 big blokes did not bounce it out of the way.

[ARW]

There was a mob of angry neighbours backing him up. I must get CCTV fitted to my parents place.

[Andy Burns]

Lucky they didn't have a tele-handler on site!

[charles]

It is a matter for your local council's planning department to enforce, since the conditions were imposed by them. They can close down a site without any difficulty.

[ARW]

You might as well DIY the solution. What time does the local council's planning department open in a morning?

[charles]

with us, the office opens at 8.30am, but the enforement teams work all hours.

[Fredxxx]

I've known enforcement officers to start early.

I think a word to your local councillor would have done the trick in perhaps a less stressful way?

[Harry Bloomfield]

Not half as much fun though lol

[Fredxxx]

As ARW has said, the loss to the builder is the cost of a lost days work. It's not worth the stress of a possibility of receiving a summons in the next 6 years to cover all losses including contractors, redelivery, and a days interest on the loan the builder is paying.

It could be sufficient to get into the Fast Track claims at the local County Court. I prefer to sleep at night.

[newshound]

Assuming that previous approaches had been ignored, and you had several local witnesses to back up the noise/mud claims I think it would be a foolish builder who took this to court. The press would love to cover such a case.

Well done dad!

[Brian Gaff]

Hmm, well who knows, but I'd imagine they are now out to get him!

Brian

[ARW]

It was the lack of sleep that made him park his car across the entrance to the site.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

Criminal damage.