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| DOCUMENTS: Planning Sanity are always willing to write individual letters setting out the legal and planning position in any of the topic areas that we cover, including phone masts. Planning Sanity have had until now a policy of not making any charge for this work, or any work we agrees to undertake, however, due to the failure of the majority that use our resources to contribute financially, in order to help keep Planning Sanity as a going concern we have now been forced to change that policy to require the payment of a minimum donation for certain work, including the writing of special letters. Planning Sanity have like many other organisations been suffering from rising costs particularly as all our funding comes from donations, and that those donations have dropped to an all time low, therefore requests for help should be accompanied by a reasonable donation. Those requesting that Planning Sanity help with the compiling of representations for planning committees, hearings and inquiries might decide that any donation they make reflects the actual time spent on the work. As with all donations they will enable us to expand our services, and perhaps help pay the phone and office costs. Part of any such donations will be allocated to the legal fund set up to take test issues through the courts, thereby benefiting all communities, however, please consider making a donation to that fund in addition to any donations made to Planning Sanity.
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