Boundary Walls & Neighbour

[simonedavid]

Hi

am looking for some advice, we have a boundary wall that is 1.8m high, made from stone and is approximatley 100yrs old. Behind the wall is our neighbour (so our wall is at the bottom of his garden), he has decided to raise the height of his garden by over 1 metre making it level using our wall as a support. so now when he stands at the bottom of his garden, instead of only his head being visible, he is now visible from the middle of his shins upwards.

my concern is

1. pressure on the wall
2. wall effect on the wall
3. movement

can anyone advice on the regulations for this type of work, should he have permission etc ?

thanks v much

 

[big-all]

assuming you have tried the normal "freindly route"

get onto the councill the maximum without planning permission is 300mm abouve the natural ground level at that particular point

assuming its your wall tell him you want him to remove the extra load on the wall and will hold him responsible for any damaged caused
tell him as a good will gesture if he can produce a structural engineers report saying the wall can support 300mm without dammage you will allow this

remember the weight can increase by 3 fold when the earth gets sodden

 

[JohnD]

I wonder how you would go about suing him to repair your wall when it is pushed over?

 

[big-all]

I wonder how you would go about suing him to repair your wall when it is pushed over?

you get your insurance company involved and they fight your corner