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Thank you Woody. I’d noticed your comments on other posts and was really hoping you’d reply as your advice previously seemed to have helped lots of others. Massively appreciate you taking the time to reply, thank you. Next steps I guess are to contact the council to let them know we think it’s...

Thank you. I’m hoping that there’s some kind of solution, which will mean we don’t need to fully demolish but that will be acceptable to all parties. This would be absolutely fine for us, if possible and not breaching anything. I wish I knew which neighbour, so we could have a chat and figure...

Thanks John. Am I understanding correctly, that in theory if we take the paving slabs up from the top bit, then we’d be OK? Essentially it’s just rubble underneath the slabs anyway.

A gut wrenching part is that initially the raised bit wasn’t going to be as high, our intention was for it to be maybe 3-4 sleepers less, however the ‘retaining wall’ keeping the bank behind the back fence in place only runs approx. 6inches into the ground. The gardener essentially told us mid...

Thanks Jn46. I’d be happy to cover in matting if that was allowed, just unsure whether that would even be an issue or not. We were actually going to put a bio wall for flowers and the bees on the front anyway. We mainly wanted to tidy the garden up, the issue was the muddy bank doesn’t retain...

Thank you so much. I’d read this post earlier, but then started to get in a pickle about the fact that what we have isn’t decking. It feels like a minefield, especially given interpretations and especially for someone like me who has no idea! So do you think ignore the letter we’ve received...

Hi Ken, Thank you for your reply. In answer to the questions: - 1. No, the steps were built to allow access to the new raised area. I’ve attached a pic of the ‘before’. 2. The highest patio bit is new, so we’ve not used it. The bit above that (where you can see gravel) has always been there...

I have also added an actual picture, to show the existing parts of the garden and the new bit, which is hopefully clearer than my drawing :) Thank you again, any help (whatever the direction) is appreciated.

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a little help if possible please, as having read various threads online I'm not clear as to whether we have inadvertently breached planning permissions. Basically, we've had some work carried out to our back garden recently, which sits on a slope. When we...