There is. You can always appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. But it can be expensive if you're not confident of your case. A friend of mine got planning rejected to put a fence up and appealed … (View Post)

Nice article, thanks. On a smaller scale, there are a couple of houses near me which have been rebuilt in the style of Edwardian/Victorian. They are quetly attractive and make me happy every time we … (View Post)

My father-in-law - a sincere and interesting man, if a little singular - once asked me whether I was a United-States-of-Europer or a 51st-stater. He - despite being a self-declared socialist - was ve… (View Post)

She invented Mr. Whippy ice cream. If that only took her five minutes it just shows how brilliant she was :-) (View Post)

Typically, I believe, bodies of water are referred to in English, where they are named after adjacent land, after the second largest bit of adjacent land, hence, Irish Sea, English Channel, Gulf of M… (View Post)