thanks. From an online check performed, all these dwellings are registered as individual council tax flats, so I am assuming appropriate council taxes are being paid.
We have three houses nearby, all belonging to the same freeholder, who had subdivided them into several self-contained flats, and the freeholder/landlord is renting them all out.
He rents them out as 'all inclusive'.
As far as I can see, there is only a single flue appearing from each house...
LoL, I ought to elaborate I guess.
A developer has submitted a planning application to erect a 2 storey 1 bed house. The length of its rear garden will be around 3m (estimate) to our boundary.
Our boundary meaning the side of our garden. The rear of our house and the rear of its house will be...
A Developer wants to build a double storey house attached to his existing three storey dwelling and has submitted an application forward.
The existing three storey house was built with breaches and I had already posted about this a couple of weeks ago headed under.....
"Have discovered multiple...
There seems to be two options available for contacting my local council;
1) Planning enforcement
2) Unauthorised work / Building Control
Would both of these departments need to be contacted? I think I'll inform them this week. Give it a go and see what happens I guess !
Nab - I guess my folks will be regarded as a low profile case.
napoleondynamite - I don't know if an enforcement notice was served, are we able to find out, would it be freedom of information?
Chappers - Regarding harm, my Mum just doesn't go in the garden anymore, she just feels uncomfortable...
Wow, baptism of fire, I'm beginning to understand why developers invest in "bricks and mortar", they can get away with planning infringements, make a killing and effectively get away with it. Time to change my profession too.
Thanks for your help guys.
So if the works were refused by Planning, how can the building be Certified for dwelling?
It was refused on the basis of "loss of single family dwelling, house of a size/location inappropriate for sub-division into more than one dwelling, would have an adverse effect on character and amenities...
:(History of adjacent property...........
Dec 2006 - Developer applied Planning Permission to build a detached 2 storey dwelling. DECISION = APPROVED
Apr 2007 - Developer decided to then change his mind and apply for erection of two storey building to form 2 self contained flats. DECISION =...