rpra loft, permission in doubt

[Guest]

the loft is karens own property the stray loft was removed years ago as noone was there to look after it

 

Thanks ... so how can the RPRA be told to take a loft down when they ain't got one, perhaps van link has different info??

[Guest numpty01]

no he is mistaken on who owns loft and were it is karen is renting house from rpra the loft is in paddock behind her house its her.s and therefore nothing to do with rpra

[vanlink]

Technically that is right however the loft is situated on the property/house owned of The Royal Pigeon Racing Association so the incident is quite bizarre. Karen has been Writing in the BHW for a long time about here experiences with pigeons. She is an employee who keeps pigeons, which is good. I personally think that it is wrong for the general manager not to keep pigeons. I remember the last general Manger spinning the worst PR I have ever heard and on a par with the jeweller Ratner’s famous guff; while interviewed on national radio about the joys of keeping pigeons he was asked if he kept pigeons, ‘ OH NO’ he replied ‘I’ve never owned a pigeon in my life’. Cringing while listening I decided then and there our sport was finished. Then he announced his retirement, wow there might just be a chance, a slither of hope. Well the only thing that has changed is the voice on the answer phone at the Reddings, I am still losing birds to hawks, membership is still falling and fanciers are still suffering the same tyrannical leadership.   Apart from the malicious act of the reporting of a pigeon loft that might not have planning on a RPRA site I can not imagine why the RPRA would have an issue with some one having a pigeon loft on their property. If they do then I really do think that they are in the wrong hobby. I am a member of the RPRA and I have a share in the House and I have no issue with a pigeon loft being there.  

[Guest IB]

Seems to me that someone is stirring here, storm in a teacup thing. If the person rents the house, presumably she had the owner's permission to erect a loft and keep pigeons there. If not, and ithe lofts been up for a while, it's too late to try and withdraw 'tacit' permission now. And unless it's a Conservation area, everyone has the right to erect a loft in their garden and keep pigeons, so the Local Council shouldn't be involved in planning permission for it - permitted developments like this have automatic planning permission.

[Guest]

Seems to me that someone is stirring here, storm in a teacup thing. If the person rents the house, presumably she had the owner's permission to erect a loft and keep pigeons there. If not, and ithe lofts been up for a while, it's too late to try and withdraw 'tacit' permission now. And unless it's a Conservation area, everyone has the right to erect a loft in their garden and keep pigeons, so the Local Council shouldn't be involved in planning permission for it - permitted developments like this have automatic planning permission.

 

No there are still some planning rules that have to be adhered to, no more than 5 yds from a building and or road, height can also be an issue . Properties also have covenants, mine for example specifies no Pigeons to be kept!! However if you have a loft up and it has been in situ for 4 years or more without planning then there's nowt that can be done (don't know if rules are different in Scotland) Though I would find it highly amusing if the RPRA had put a covenant on prohibiting the keeping of pigeons ;D.

As to the property being 'ours' I agree, so why the chuff didn't it get sold in the property boom. It could pay for proper PR, if I remember the house lay empty for several years.

 

 

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