We got a letter from the Council as our neighbour has applied to build a new garage attached to his property, amongst other changes which don't affect me.
The Planning Office advised our neighbour at pre-application that the plan was unlikely to be approved because it is overwhelming and cramps our property and our property amenity. He visited our property and confirmed this opinion and asked our neighbour to amend/remove the garage but our neighbour refused and will go to appeal.
I apologise for not attaching any plans or pictures as I'm computer illiterate but please bear with me, while I try to explain my concerns and give me any advice on making an objection or preparing for the worst: a Party Wall Award.
My neighbour and I live in detached bungalows.The front of their house faces the road, but my house is at a right angle to the road because the developer had a long, narrow plot going spare! This means that my kitchen and one bedroom face my neighbour's front garden .The driveway to my bungalow runs between my kitchen wall and boundary fence to a detached double garage.
1,This garage shares a wall ( two brick deep at the boundary) and a flat roof with the neighbour's double garage which drains to separate gutters/downloads to the rest of the property.The neighbour's garage was built detached from the side wall of their house by an open passageway to access their back garden.Our current neighbour enclosed this passageway when they moved in three years ago, attaching their garage ( and ours) to their house , making a utility area.Part of the roof of the bungalow was extended so that it design into our shared flat roof.
Did they need planning permission? It didn't bother us at the time but now we are it could be a 'Seth's for further development.
2,The proposed double garage would be built in front of the existing garage from their bungalow wall right to the property boundary. It will be approximately 5 meters wide by 5 meters long and 2.8 meters high from our ground level.It will have a flat roof. The plans do not show how this will attach to the existing shared garage roof , the pitch or how the rainwater drainage will work. I say that the height of the garage will be 2.8 meters at our ground level because their land is approximately 40cm higher than ours at our current garage door and is retained by a wall two-year brick feel which the neighbour's plan suggest they will use half of to build their new garage wall off.
I know nothing about building and I'm worried that this would have structural implications for my garage foundations and roof and my retaining wall.
I know that people will say " be a good neighbour, let them do what they want to do on their property" but I also know that they have broken planning rules twice already, employed cheap builders they were unhappy with and I don't even want to think about building regs!
Sorry this is such a long rant but if you're still with me and have any advice on protecting my property it will be gratefully received.
The Planning Office advised our neighbour at pre-application that the plan was unlikely to be approved because it is overwhelming and cramps our property and our property amenity. He visited our property and confirmed this opinion and asked our neighbour to amend/remove the garage but our neighbour refused and will go to appeal.
I apologise for not attaching any plans or pictures as I'm computer illiterate but please bear with me, while I try to explain my concerns and give me any advice on making an objection or preparing for the worst: a Party Wall Award.
My neighbour and I live in detached bungalows.The front of their house faces the road, but my house is at a right angle to the road because the developer had a long, narrow plot going spare! This means that my kitchen and one bedroom face my neighbour's front garden .The driveway to my bungalow runs between my kitchen wall and boundary fence to a detached double garage.
1,This garage shares a wall ( two brick deep at the boundary) and a flat roof with the neighbour's double garage which drains to separate gutters/downloads to the rest of the property.The neighbour's garage was built detached from the side wall of their house by an open passageway to access their back garden.Our current neighbour enclosed this passageway when they moved in three years ago, attaching their garage ( and ours) to their house , making a utility area.Part of the roof of the bungalow was extended so that it design into our shared flat roof.
Did they need planning permission? It didn't bother us at the time but now we are it could be a 'Seth's for further development.
2,The proposed double garage would be built in front of the existing garage from their bungalow wall right to the property boundary. It will be approximately 5 meters wide by 5 meters long and 2.8 meters high from our ground level.It will have a flat roof. The plans do not show how this will attach to the existing shared garage roof , the pitch or how the rainwater drainage will work. I say that the height of the garage will be 2.8 meters at our ground level because their land is approximately 40cm higher than ours at our current garage door and is retained by a wall two-year brick feel which the neighbour's plan suggest they will use half of to build their new garage wall off.
I know nothing about building and I'm worried that this would have structural implications for my garage foundations and roof and my retaining wall.
I know that people will say " be a good neighbour, let them do what they want to do on their property" but I also know that they have broken planning rules twice already, employed cheap builders they were unhappy with and I don't even want to think about building regs!
Sorry this is such a long rant but if you're still with me and have any advice on protecting my property it will be gratefully received.