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Ordeal by planning appeal

Posted on August 21, 2013 | No Comments

Yesterday we had our planning appeal hearing, much anticipated on this blog by my fearless superhero alter ego Spudman. Actually, in the event Spudman didn’t prove to be all that fearless – I’d spent too long working on this and the outcome is too important for me not to feel nervous. Besides which, Spudman is much more at home weeding his potatoes than sitting shuffling papers in a windowless room wrestling with the accusations of irate objectors, however spurious their arguments. Fortunately, we had some wonderful supporters in attendance too who I hope succeeded in helping me show the planning inspector that our proposals are more than just some kind of scam to get a cheap house in the countryside, as one of the objectors  suggested (Christ, I can think of so many easier ways to do that than this one…). Anyway, thanks to the well-wishers on this blog. I’ve posted a short report about the appeal hearing on our website here. Spudman and I are returning to our summer recess for another couple of weeks, but we’ll be back in September with more news on the planning appeal, the small scale farming scene and other such matters of national interest.