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Blackstuff wrote:
take into account the 'bulge' created when certificate length went from 3 to 5 years etc.

That "bulge" is only down to poor administrative planning. "Whoever you believe in" help us all if BASC gets the 10 year license pushed through.

Blackstuff wrote: We have a winner, and in only 4 minutes!

It was bound to happen, bugger that Dromia beat me

dromia wrote:Funny how despite the resource difference the planning function is just as flaky as the firearms certification and explosives licensing function.

Genuine observation, as both seem equally incompetent from my experience.

Must be the low "professional" bar set by Durham County Council.

Planners have a statutory eight weeks to turn most applications around unless they ask you for permission to extend it. If you don't give permission you can appeal to the Secretary of State.
No such system is in place for FAC and SGC approvals/renewals!

christel wrote:

Blackstuff wrote:
take into account the 'bulge' created when certificate length went from 3 to 5 years etc.

That "bulge" is only down to poor administrative planning. "Whoever you believe in" help us all if BASC gets the 10 year license pushed through.

Ah but the "lesson has been learned" with that and it would be phased in, rather than just plonked in, if you believe that

Rockhopper wrote:Planners have a statutory eight weeks to turn most applications around unless they ask you for permission to extend it. If you don't give permission you can appeal to the Secretary of State.
No such system is in place for FAC and SGC approvals/renewals!

This system/process might be there but its never used as the appeal for non-determination takes longer than the original application most of the time

True, we never do but most of ours are decided within the eight weeks unless its especially contentious - we have one thats been going on for eighteen months now.