“I can't see why it should matter whether the driveway isn't used very often. If the man has rights of access to his land then it should not matter how often he uses it.
The gate may be partly hidden but you can still see it and surely the contractors would have noticed that the kerb had been dropped, they don't just do that for no reason!”

“I drove past the bus shelter today and have every sympathy for the people who put it in the wrong place. The wooden gate doesn't look like it has been used in years and is, in part, obscured by the hedge. If you you click the left arrow button under the picture you'll see what I mean (there are actually two pictures on this report). I would say this was more a secondary back entrance to the property rather than a driveway and one which isn't used that often.”

“Kay, I'm almost certain that bus shelters are not exempt from planning rules - particularly when their primary function is advertising: the name 'AdShel' is a bit of a clue here. If there wasn't a planning notice then oh dear. Someone's fouled up.
Incidentally, I can't see any sign of a driveway or dropped kerb in the photographs. But I do see a Bus Stop sign. Perhaps the photographs are of the shelter in its revised location.”

“Nogman,
I don't recall ever having seen a planning application for a bus shelter, and I am someone who keeps an eye on planning applications. I wonder if bus shelters are exempt from planning rules.”

“Adshel, proof that private companies are just as good as public ones ;-)
Did this gang have anything to do with the football pitch in York?”

“I'm thinking the only mistake was that they thought they'd get away with it.
Didn't Mr Elvey see the planning notice? I'm sure there would have been one. Or maybe the shelter was described as something else.
18 months ago, Cheltenham High Street became blighted with gaudy, ugly, noisy scrolling advertising signs. I didn't notice the planning notices, but I'm sure they would have said something like 'To replace electrical cabinets with advertising posters'. Ok, an electrical cabinet is about a metre tall, quiet and fairly inoffensive. Surely they would be replacing them with something similar? No, the reality is about 3 metres high, illuminated and scrolling every few seconds. Apart from the loss of visual amenity, the constant droning of these machines at night is a real source of irritation. Anyone notice the 10 lifesize plastic horses that are planned to decorate Cheltenham?”

“ADSHEL Are thick as mince.”

“Amazing!”

“The funniest bit, is the Advert in the bus shelter. Bet it didn't give Steve Elvey "a smile"”

“The contractors must have been just following orders. You can't expect them to think for themselves and question why they have been told to construct a bus shelter across a driveway!”