How long should l give the council to contact me after bidding for a flat

Contact the Council in your city or country.

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varies as to whether you are a developer with council contacts and what council area you are in
most are 1 meter but some councils require 2 meters
go ring you local council planning department and get it for your area
developers can put it on the boundary

if you need a phone number for customer support that you are bidding thru try www.gethuman.com and put the company name in and it will most of the time give you a phone numberr and other contact infomation.
good luck.

To retract a bid, sign into your eBay account, and then go to this page http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RetractBidShow. You will need the item number of the auction, and a valid reason for retracting the bid. You can also contact the seller, and ask them cancel the bid for you.

Assuming the auction hasn't ended ... contact the seller to request that he cancels your bid ... give him a good reason ...
If the seller is good/nice about it, the seller will void/cancel your bid. Or, if someone else bids higher than you, then you're off the hook; i.e. no need to ask to retract your bid.

There are two ways to cancel bids on eBay. The first is for the seller to cancel a bid made on their auction. The second is for buyers to cancel bids they made on other's auctions. Both come with very specific rules that prohibit any auction misconduct.
Canceling a bid made by someone else.
Review the reasons allowed for canceling a bid. Go to the cancellation page if the bidder is someone whose identity you have not been able to confirm.

You should also access this page if the bidder asks you to cancel the bid, or if the item being auctioned is no longer for sale. Fill out the cancellation form. Give the reason that the bid is being cancelled. Use the cancellation feature sparingly, as the cancellation and your reason for cancelling, will be recorded in the bid history. b> Canceling a bid made on someone else's auction. b> Use the bid retraction form to cancel a bid you have made. Make sure your bid meets the criteria for a retraction. Retract if the bid price you entered was wrong, and then correct the bid amount. Retract your bid if the auction description was changed and you no longer want the item as it is now described. Use the retraction form if you need the reach the seller for some reason and their contact information is invalid. Retract your bid that was made before the final 12 hours of the auction, as the option will not be available after that time. Retract bids made during the last 12 hours, only within an hour of the bid. Use the retraction feature as rarely as possible, as the number of times you have retracted a bid will appear on your feedback numbers. Hope this helps.

The only way to retract a bid is to contact the seller and request that they cancel your bid. You can't retract it yourself.

Go on eBay. Open your user account. Click on current bids. All bids were shown. Open your specific bid. Click on cancel bid. Your bid is cancelled.