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I believe it is absolutely my local council's fault because of the followings: 1- My neighbour had an application for demolishing their bungalow an...
I mean the noise is injurious to my health. The authorities, however, have their own interpretations of the level of 'harm'. For instance, 'mental' is...
I meant if the authority want to approve any odd installation, they will find a way to approve it.
@jamespa I appreciate your comments about the power of local councils to create conditions that would suit the developers. I also wonder if you have a...
I cannot prove it, because local councils and even the Ombudsman do not take into consideration medical references (I provided both of them with 2 let...
I have not been able to justify the nuisance because the current nuisance policies are defined for loud neighbours who play loud music or have dogs wh...
@editor I wrote about it a couple of times, but here it is: Nature of the sound: buzzing and pulsating humming noise. I only hear the noises in...
Well I think at least in Scotland, MCS is nothing but a fake certificate for developers to get their hands on the Funds or to support their new develo...
@abernyte Absolutely. This means that, at least in Scotland, MCS is nothing but a fake certificate for developers to get their hands on the Funds or t...
I don't think it is the case in Scotland because unlike England and Wales which have the 1meter/3meters distance to boundary, in Scotland there is no ...
The installer provided an MCS certificate for installation of the ASHP at my neighbour's driveway, while the ASHP had already been installed on the bo...
I don't say all installers do a bad job. I say if they want to, they can breach MCS with impunity because no one is responsible to enforce it. I am su...
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