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Hi there,
I'm new here so apologies if this is in the wrong place!
I've recently been having an argument with a housing developer who has been building houses behind my property. The developer went against their own approved planning drawings by leaving the rear gardens of the new houses 1 - 2m higher than they were supposed to be to prevent them having to cart away excess excavated material from elsewhere on the site. Bearing in mind that the levels were supposed to be returned to existing and our property was already 1.5m below the original levels to begin with, you can see my issue!)
I had complained to the council several times and a compromise had been reached with the developers to round off the spoil to a slightly shallower gradient to reduce the risk of land slip.
It now transpires (after speaking with some of the new owners of the houses), that the developer had been telling a few porkie-pies! They told the purchasers that they shouldn't talk to me, that I had taken court action against them which they had won (rubbish) regarding the ground levels so I 'had it in for them', that I had dogs and was a "nasty piece of work".
Now I didn't raise court action against them, the compromise was reached between the Council Planning Enforcement team and the developer, I am by no means a nasty piece of work, you'd be hard-pushed to find a more affable and laid back guy anywhere, and my (solitary) dog is the softest lump you've ever met in your life.
I was wondering if there was any kind of action I could take against them for spreading lies like this - does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
MB78
I'm new here so apologies if this is in the wrong place!
I've recently been having an argument with a housing developer who has been building houses behind my property. The developer went against their own approved planning drawings by leaving the rear gardens of the new houses 1 - 2m higher than they were supposed to be to prevent them having to cart away excess excavated material from elsewhere on the site. Bearing in mind that the levels were supposed to be returned to existing and our property was already 1.5m below the original levels to begin with, you can see my issue!)
I had complained to the council several times and a compromise had been reached with the developers to round off the spoil to a slightly shallower gradient to reduce the risk of land slip.
It now transpires (after speaking with some of the new owners of the houses), that the developer had been telling a few porkie-pies! They told the purchasers that they shouldn't talk to me, that I had taken court action against them which they had won (rubbish) regarding the ground levels so I 'had it in for them', that I had dogs and was a "nasty piece of work".
Now I didn't raise court action against them, the compromise was reached between the Council Planning Enforcement team and the developer, I am by no means a nasty piece of work, you'd be hard-pushed to find a more affable and laid back guy anywhere, and my (solitary) dog is the softest lump you've ever met in your life.
I was wondering if there was any kind of action I could take against them for spreading lies like this - does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
MB78