Engineering firm is shaking my house
Lime Street resident Nigel Fenton points to one of the hairline cracks in his house walls. Photo (MIKE DAVISON) SG020212MD To order pictures please visit www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/buyaphoto or phone 01775 765433
A HOMEOWNER claims his walls are suffering from heavy machinery being used by a firm which does not have planning permission.
Sutton Bridge Parish Council is objecting to Dodfrey Engineering’s retrospective planning application to change its use from a joinery workshop to a joinery/metal fabrication workshop.
Lime Street resident Nigel Fenton (76) – also known as David – told the parish council on Tuesday that his house is being shaken by vibration and noise from the firm, just 15ft from his boundary.
He told councillors there are hairline cracks in the plaster in every single room of his home.
Mr Fenton said the main problem comes from a guillotine used to cut metal.
Parish council chairman Christopher Brandon-King said: “Can we recommend to the planning authority that they actually stop the work that’s going on until this has been resolved because it’s not appropriate for them to have been doing the job without planning permission.
“If any of us started doing something without planning permission they would be down on us like a ton of bricks.”
Dodfrey Engineering has submitted a planning application for a change of use, which according to the firm began in March 2010.
Coun Jenny Rowe said the application should be refused because it involves a switch from light to heavy industry and the premises are too close to homes.
Dodfrey Engineering general manager Chris Thornton told the Lincolnshire Free Press said it is not accepted the hairline cracks at Mr Fenton’s home are caused by the company as there are other factors such as heavy goods vehicles passing by.
The company has worked with environmental health to minimise disruption to residents and had moved a heavy machine to the end of another workshop.
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douglasdickens
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:59 AMI also feel sorry that another householder has his right to quiet enjoyment of his house destroyed and the firm should not try and weasel out of liability or compensation for him. Network Rail do not require planning permission to run freight trains through Spalding, given the close proximity of many dwellings to the line and the ground conditions it is likely that many more householders will have structural problems from the vibrations of the trains the all up weight has recently been increased by 500 tonnes.let alone the noise pollution they will cause.funning 247. I have asked the Dept of transport and Network rail to consider a rail byepass for Spalding with a negative response. I have also asked SHDC to consider using their power to increase the quality of foundations and sound insulation on new build on the rail corridor to ninimise these effects. Once again the response was negative. This is a serious problem and if SHDC cannot put a back street engineering firm in place what hope is there of the rail issue being sorted? ,
joggaju
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 04:29 PMI feel so sorry for Mr. & Mrs. Fenton on this but while we have legislation in place where businesses can legally set up and then apply for retrospective planning permission this will happen. You only have to read the local paper to see how many take that gamble and apply for retrospective in the hope that our local council will just tick the box. Restrospective planning should cost the applicant at least four times the normal amount that way it may deter businesses going down that line.
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