Yeah Alan,
I know what you mean there,
Building Planning places are bloody funny things.
I'm looking to get permission to build on a block of land that was gifted to me years ago,
nothing huge, but I went to the local Council (called a Territorial Authority these days) to see what I needed to provide and what have you for my application.
Bearing in mind I want to also install a radio tower of some sort, I booked an appointment with one of the Inspectors.
(I will say that I wasn't speaking to a friend of mine who is a local Building Inspector, they like to have total impartiality, so I was talking to a different guy.)
Anyway, after coming out of that meeting (that lasted an hour and a half!), I knew everything that I wanted to know, I knew fully where I stood, with respect to what I want to do.
I was to be honest, bloody amazed, local builders here like to paint Inspectors like some idiot that has no idea of "how the builder of today feels".
It's all BS!.
Most Inspectors here (like Electrical Inspectors) come from an extensive background of practical Trade knowledge.
