"Just build bike lanes": Autonomous gondola pods are "here to revolutionise transport" — but not everybody's convinced; Shedgate 2: Cyclist forced to dismantle "beautiful" bike shed; Worrying drink driving figures; Ineos Hotspur? + more on the live blog

It looks fine to me - I'd say aesthetically the house is uglier - but I'm not a planning officer.  If the idea was "get away with what I'm not technically allowed" he's not exactly hidden it ...

I'm with everyone else - he should have just erected something really big and ugly but legal.  (For "legal" see the perils of trying to hide stuff - like this chap).

chrisonatrike wrote:

(For "legal" see the perils of trying to hide stuff - like this chap).

Or that bloke who built an enormous 'man cave' that was like 10,000 square feet, and then threw his toys out of the pram when he didn't get retrospective planning consent.

(Can't be bothered to google it).

I've said it before - I honestly cannot see what the problem is with this shed, except 'bikes, innit'.

The problem is that it is built in front of the main elevation, which is not allowed without planning permission. 

In the piece in the Salisbury paper it is put thusly:

A mistake had been made regarding the front elevation

It's a detached property with a side passage and a back garden, where it would be more secure anyway. Chap did not do his homework and/or failed to supervise his workmen properly.  

I don't really see the point of putting up an abortion and spoiling the appearance of his own property out of spite, when all he has to do is accept his error, go legal, move it somewhere more sensible, and get on with his life enjoying his stable of bicycles. Far better than punching himself in the head for the sake of it.

There's not really much more to be said.

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It's a detached property with a side passage and a back garden, where it would be more secure anyway.

Although side pathway is up several steps, so depending on the bikes they might be hard to get up the steps / along the side of the house, especially if they have wide handlebars on. 

Hmmm.

I see also the 2 driveways and the 6 dustbins.

You also see a garage on the front, but they also filled that in (badly as well according to the complainants moaning about the shed.)

I wonder if that has also been ordered to be changed.

(Just FYI, the pictures on this road.cc page are of the previously-reported-on shed in Leicester which was granted permission on appeal. The new case, in Salisbury, is pictured on the linked Salisbury Journal article).

I found the bins on the driveway more ugly and out of place than the shed.

It looks like bunk beds in the one downstairs room in streetview. Large family, hence the need for multiple bins?
 

Still ugly ! He should build a little shed to put them in.

OMG - is that a cycle lane??? 

No, it's not, obviously - it would be pointless.  Yes of course it is - what's the problem?  This is a useful cycle lane being entirely legally used for parking.

Even though it has a solid white line it's quite possible that's entirely legal - especially since they've marked a single yellow line and kerb flashes - so you have to check the signs to see.  (Unless those were leftovers from before creation and they didn't double them).

Apart from anything else it also depends when the cycle lane was created!

Plenty of parking to be seen in Edinburgh's bus and cycle lanes.  Again, often legal as far as I can see - indeed parking spots are marked in many bus lanes!

we might have these in the bike lanes with us before too long  ...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfaQloeSroc

Nah, walking shoes so pavements. Just sounds like a kickstarter scam to me anyway. "AI" controlled? Inspired after a near death experience when walking. WTF? And the sly foot movements used for the steps shows it would be easy to turn on and off accidently when using them.

Review here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/dec/20/what-happened-when-...

A bit less mad than I expected.

they might look like just another set of strap on electric rollerskates...?

The bit where you have approach stairs with caution and switch them off is quite concerning, but I notice they didn't sho them going downstairs, that has a serious likelihood of going wrong in a big way.

Seagull2 wrote:

we might have these in the bike lanes with us before too long  ...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfaQloeSroc

I'm sure they'll be as popular as Segways.

But how will a bunch of otherwise unemployed software engineers make a living from bikes? I am not sure cable crs are the answer to their desire for money either, but they are giving it a good go on their twitter feed I see.

Bunch of techies in "hmm... we can improve something by more complex technology" shocker.

TBH all humans dream of flying.  Most lean towards magic carpets of some form - hoverboards, autonomous vehicles, planes, cars...  The secret is the closest most of us will get to flying is that century-old technology, the cycle.  Which just happens to be the fairest, most efficient* and least obnoxious of the lot.

* Yeah I know someone's demonstrated it is electric unicycles at low speeds...

Actually from pre-shed Streetview, I thought the garden looked cluttered with all the brick work. Granted it is on a slope but if it looked that bad before, I don't think the shed made much difference anyway. As someone in the comments mentioned they thought it was bin storage, I wonder if he could have gotten away with it being lower. 

Thanks for that.

I did not realise he had a garage as well !

Mentioned in other post, the garage was filled in at the same time he did shed as the application complaints were about that as well according to the links to those. 

Looking at the satellite view they used to have a caravan parked there so surely the shed is better than that?