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building size with out planning permision

Hi can anyone tell me the max size you can build a shed with out planning permision? my neighbour is planning to building one 9' by 9' and it will also be blocking one of our windows

lightoftruth

Chavs-a conspiracy theory

in one of my moments of insomniatic imagination i thought of a conspiracy theory involving chavs. the government have been passing laws and drowning the police in paper work to prevent the "chav"...

jake-the-peg

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5080298.stm Wikipedia has the definition of a species as: Groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from...

linds1

insurance

anyone work for and insurance company on here and knows about cat c rapaired cars that have been vic passed ???? do u know if i have to tell my insurance company about this or just in sure it in the...

richardland

Cold Fusion

What's the latest on Cold Fusion. Pons and Fleichmann started the ball rolling, quickly discredited, all goes quiet and yet there are dozens of research facilities all over the world still working on...

missjef

bird flu..

has bird flu gone now? i mean it never seems to be in the papers any more or on the news? was it just another media frenzy?

Xollob

Google Earth Version 4 Beta - Phenomenal tool

Are the images we see on Google Earth the best possible, or are there technical/legal/military reasons for keeping the resolution below what is theoretically achievable?

shortstuffO3

Telescope

I have this telescope and I have no idea how to use it. The instructions it came with are of no help and I have tried and tried. I can get a star into view on it, but it just looks as if I was just...

electricblue

explain please!

Last year there was a story about a pub that had a sign in the window saying;No english,that was fine,BUT When another pub put a sign up saying;No argentinians,they were told off for racism,thing is...

goldheart

payrise

so payrises are coming round from work again and Im in a pickle! I know its going to be crap Im on ?18,600 per annum and they will prob. round it up to ?19,000. However a work colleague transferred up...

stu-who?

air condition

can anyone explain how air con works in my landrover discovery, and how do i recharge the system. cheers

Munchkin71

Theoretical question

Pure fantasy here, but please bear with me! Assuming it were possible to levitate (I know, big 'if'!), and you started levitating from a standing position on a train moving at a constant speed, would...

sexyrussian

Does money buy happiness?

I come from a very rich family but I have never felt that it has brought me happiness. If the average person came to live in my family for a week they would love it but after a while they would get...

Hellion

Pole Vaulters

Do Pole vaulters have their own poles and if so how do they transport them to each venue. Or does the venue supply the poles? Stupid question I know but I've often wondered! NO RUDE ANSWERS YOU...

curlyfilm

cars, pollution, recycling

i read a while ago, that 90% of a cars pollution, is from being manufactured and destroyed, 5% from spares used and only 5% from exhaust emmissions, how true is this

Gale_Snail

children in iraq and child soldiers

heya! for a religion project we have been asked to do a power point presentaion about child soldiers and children in iraq. we have tried google however it either comes up with low standard information...

whiffey

How throw a Sickie on a Footie day

This article on the AMICUS website is giving rise to discussion..... http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=4005 Do you have an employer sympathetic to the World Cup, will you slide off early...

10ClarionSt

Citizens' Card

Does anyone have a Citizens' Card? What is it and how do you get one? I've just been on a web site but there's no address. Thanks.

Qmark78

Is the Motorway 70mph limit to slow?

i personally find this a snails pace when the traffic is flowing and the road is wide open Should the uk go down the Autobahn route and have speed limits removed on certain stretches of motorway? or...