Road closed effecting trade

[Graham Johnson]

The road where our shop is will be closed for up to 10 weeks we are into the 2 week. We run a mobility business and the road has a disabled parking for our customers. This has caused a downturn in business as its not easy for customers to get to us on foot. What can I do? Ive not checked my insurance as yet and reading online there is no compensation scheme to help with the lose of trade. The road is closed due to building work and development of flats. Can I claim from the developers?

 

[The Byre]

These things usually have to be agreed to BEFORE development begins and then the builders have to do something to ensure that you can continue to trade as part of the permission to begin works.

Being unable to trade would have been a weighty consideration during the application for planning permission.

 

[estwig]

The horse has bolted, you should have objected when the council informed you of the planning application.

 

[alexsmith2709]

You can try claiming from the developers but i doubt you will get very far. A couple years ago our high street was closed for 3 months due to a new sewer pipe being fitted. We submitted a claim but it got rejected as my loss was under 10% from the previous year. This would have been higher but i had a large one off order during this time which boosted my profit. Other shops were successful, but not many. The loss adjuster will find any reason they can not to pay.

 

[Graham Johnson]

These things usually have to be agreed to BEFORE development begins and then the builders have to do something to ensure that you can continue to trade as part of the permission to begin works.

Being unable to trade would have been a weighty consideration during the application for planning permission.

The only letter we got was from the developers saying the road would be closed.

 

[Graham Johnson]

The horse has bolted, you should have objected when the council informed you of the planning application.

The only letter we got was from the developers saying the road would be closed. How do I insert a picture on here?

 

[Graham Johnson]

You can try claiming from the developers but i doubt you will get very far. A couple years ago our high street was closed for 3 months due to a new sewer pipe being fitted. We submitted a claim but it got rejected as my loss was under 10% from the previous year. This would have been higher but i had a large one off order during this time which boosted my profit. Other shops were successful, but not many. The loss adjuster will find any reason they can not to pay.

Thank you for you insight.

 

[The Byre]

The only letter we got was from the developers saying the road would be closed.

Similar to their soulmates, the Vogons, the council will have posted the planning application in the planning office at Alpha Centauri only a few light years away. They will tell you that it's your own fault for not paying attention to local affairs.

 

[kulture]

There is unlikely to be a planning application. It would have been a road closure notice.

 

[Noah]

There is unlikely to be a planning application. It would have been a road closure notice.

In my experience, both domestic and business, notifications are physically posted through doors, letterboxes, etc. in advance of such action -but I don't know what regulatory requirements, if any, there are for this notification. Are there any?

 

[Mr D]

There is unlikely to be a planning application. It would have been a road closure notice.

So at the least put on street furniture (lampposts etc? ) nearby?
And in the local press?

 

[sarky]

The road where our shop is will be closed for up to 10 weeks we are into the 2 week. We run a mobility business and the road has a disabled parking for our customers. This has caused a downturn in business as its not easy for customers to get to us on foot. What can I do? Ive not checked my insurance as yet and reading online there is no compensation scheme to help with the lose of trade. The road is closed due to building work and development of flats. Can I claim from the developers?

If you pay business rates you should be able to claim back some of that. Ask the developers to put up 'businesses open as usual' etc. If they don't then approach the local newspaper, they love these kind of stories and the developer will not want bad publicity.