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coppice:

--- Quote from: bd139 on June 22, 2022, 06:29:00 am ---They are a thing. You need “planning permission”.

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You need planning permission for the structure's overall shape, size, and location. There may also be requirements for the appearance to blend with its surroundings. Some conservation areas are really strict on this. Once you have planning approval, you also need building approval for the detailed design meeting construction standards, and the construction will be monitored at key stages - e.g. checking the footings are properly constructed before the trenches get filled in, and nobody can see,
MK14:

--- Quote from: Gyro on June 24, 2022, 09:59:27 pm ---I preferred the ones where he would make a hole near the bottom of the chimney, install an angled chute running into a skip, and then cheerfully work his way around the top, knocking the bricks loose a few at a time and chucking them down the spout! He believed that if a chimney had taken so much effort to erect, it deserved the dignity of taking some effort to bring down again (unlike the 'dynamite men').

He was a man who was comfortable in his existence. As he put it, "One mistake up here, and it's half a day out with the undertaker".




P.S. His angled counterbalanced bucket aerial ropeway method of bringing rubble down was a wonder to behold too.

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Thanks, I enjoyed watching that video.  Times gone by.  I see what you mean, taking it down brick by brick, is sort of respecting the massive chimney, and has its own, sort of art to it.

He seem to imply/say, it's when other buildings are too close, to safely demolish it, in one big go.  They take it down, brick by brick.

From that video, when Fred reached the top of the chimney, and was climbing over that flimsy wooden scaffolding structure, which seemed very wobbly, then took both of his hands off the latter.  Was something, I'd not be happy to do, especially at 200+ feet, with a big wind, and no safety harness or anything.

I presume, these days, there would be some kind of safety harness, which is clipped to various parts of the ladder, as it's climbed, so if you slip, you are limited/held, by the length of safety rope, perhaps 10 or 15 feet.
HobGoblyn:
Reminds me of the UK farmer that built a huge castle without planning permission and hid it behind bales of hay, it’s now been demolished, I liked it personally.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/feb/03/farmer-castle-home-haystack-demolition

MK14:

--- Quote from: HobGoblyn on June 24, 2022, 10:43:02 pm ---Reminds me of the UK farmer that built a huge castle without planning permission and hid it behind bales of hay, it’s now been demolished, I liked it personally.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/feb/03/farmer-castle-home-haystack-demolition

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They tried to exploit the fact, that if it remains undiscovered for a period of time, it can then remain.  But, apparently the law doesn't work like that, in that specific case.  So if you hide it on purpose, it doesn't count, or something.

You're right, it did seem like a nice building.  Unfortunately, they have to knock down things like that, otherwise, people would exploit the situation to extremes, and buy up a very cheap field.  Then build a 750 bedroom Hotel, or block of flats on it, and other sillies.

In this case (tunnel), I think it was just built for genuine (Youtube) reasons, not to make a profit or make where they live a lot bigger, without getting planning-permission.
tom66:
Yes, lord only knows what could happen if plebians were allowed to build their own homes on any private land.  I mean, won't someone consider the inflated property prices?  I shudder to think of a drop in house prices - it shall ruin the character of the entire street.  Harrumph. 
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