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bigj5555
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Fae Fife wrote:
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anyone else shed anymore light here ?



As I said last week when you asked it's a planning issue, and has nothing to do with licensing.

I know people who have had problems with neighbours and the like because they haven't applied for planning permission.

What youve been told are probably just the guidlines, and each case is probably considered on its merits.

The council can just license vehicles and drivers and have no licensing powers as regards any base that you use.



cheers m8..geting my head round all this :roll: just :wink:

why the hell does all this red tape have to be so dam confusing for everyone ?
do the councils really want people to start a business ?
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I think it's the others in your trade that are making it confusing and trying to stop you starting a business :lol:

I would stop listening to them and just deal with the council. On our vehicle license application forms it says something about having to apply for planning permission if you are operating from home, but I havent' got a form so cant remember exactly what it says. It's no problem for me, because I keep the car at home but dont work from it, so it's really just like anyone travelling to work from home.

But the problem is that some people try to run a fleet of vehicles from their home and obviously this can cause problems with the neighbours if cars are coming and going at all hours, clogging up the streets with parking etc.
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I think it's the others in your trade that are making it confusing and trying to stop you starting a business :lol:

I would stop listening to them and just deal with the council. On our vehicle license application forms it says something about having to apply for planning permission if you are operating from home, but I havent' got a form so cant remember exactly what it says. It's no problem for me, because I keep the car at home but dont work from it, so it's really just like anyone travelling to work from home.

But the problem is that some people try to run a fleet of vehicles from their home and obviously this can cause problems with the neighbours if cars are coming and going at all hours, clogging up the streets with parking etc.



ok...i should be on the same boat as you then...car kept at my mothers ( cause there is only a half hour limit outside my house !!! and...er...as for working....
i am on call divert in car so dont have to keep going back to house...
and besides....if i have to...all the people on the main(live in flat above main st ) street know me as i have been doing this from here(but working for someone else) for the last 4 yrs...no ones bothered i come in/out at all hours. think i,m lucky.... :wink: i hope !!
i have been nice with em...they are great with me :mrgreen:
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I think the problem is that with those kinds of operations you may well be on divert most of the time but if you want to offer a comprehensive service there will be times when you want to be at home and take calls from there, or you may get calls late at night just when you've gone home, and might want to nip out and do it.

The problem is balancing the amount of hours you are sitting in the car with offering a credible service, which entails being available for lots of hours. Unless you want to spend all your waking hours in the car, providing a proper service will entail a bit of coming and going from your residence or wherever your car is parked up, which could result in the neighbours getting uppity.

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TDO wrote:
I think the problem is that with those kinds of operations you may well be on divert most of the time but if you want to offer a comprehensive service there will be times when you want to be at home and take calls from there, or you may get calls late at night just when you've gone home, and might want to nip out and do it.

The problem is balancing the amount of hours you are sitting in the car with offering a credible service, which entails being available for lots of hours. Unless you want to spend all your waking hours in the car, providing a proper service will entail a bit of coming and going from your residence or wherever your car is parked up, which could result in the neighbours getting uppity.


like i said earlier..i live on 1 of the main streets..i have been doing taxing for a nimber of yrs for other taxi compnay..and have had there car at my door at ALL HOURS...they are fine m8...thank god...
so i canny see how starting up myself is gonna change anything ...
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sorry about spelling above guys...ben a very loooooooong day eusasmiles.zip
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sorry about spelling above guys...ben a very loooooooong day eusasmiles.zip

I thought all days were long in Ayrshire. :roll: :roll:

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Sussex wrote:
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sorry about spelling above guys...ben a very loooooooong day eusasmiles.zip

I thought all days were long in Ayrshire. :roll: :roll:


only long when your not making £££££££££ 's m8 !! very long :roll: .

but silly season is just around the corner.....where punters fling cash at you :wink:
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but silly season is just around the corner.....where punters fling cash at you :wink:

As long as that's all they are flinging at you. Image

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