Author Archives: Tess Delaney

Do you remember that film, Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence? Where David Bowie gets buried up to his neck in sand at the end? The one with the brilliant theme tune? That’s what dealing with planning applications feels like. Although perhaps I shouldn’t be bullying the planning officers et al quite so much. As Badger remindsContinue reading “Merry Christmas, Mister George”

This morning I got to my land and there was a National Parks truck parked at the top of the track. Ten minutes later, while I was feeding the goats, he came down with another truck which was towing a flail. Turns out, they’re here to flail the moor. Thing is, I had a wonderfulContinue reading “The Moor Murderers”

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been learning all about the planning appeals process. It’s wonderfully fun. My planning application for a One Planet Development was recently refused for the second time, and so it was time to appeal. This is not as easy as filling in a form. Of course not. It was boundContinue reading “Carry on up the Council”

I had reason recently to be in touch with the homeless unit at Pembrokeshire County Council. A nice lady, and they can help me. As I’m responsible for my son, we can be accommodated at the hostel in Pembroke. Thing is, I used to work at the Prince’s Trust, with kids that lived at theContinue reading “Homeless in Pembrokeshire”

Although I won’t be concentrating just on this stuff, here’s some context to why I’m a bit miffed. The story is way more long and arduous, but we’ll get to it. In the meantime, here’s a link to a recent article in the Pembrokeshire Herald that I wrote regarding OPD versus PCC …