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Thank you John you have been extremely helpful and I will do as you advise as soon as I have the house numbers involved. Diana

The reason John it has not been addressed previously is because I live in Surrey and was not aware of the situation until brought to my notice by the current managing agent very recently. At the moment I am waiting to obtain the exact numbers of the other houses that are involved and will then...

The only issue with the planning permission is whether the planning authority would be able to either force the owners of the gardens who have extended into agricultural land to either apply for planning permission or if they refuse to insist they retract their garden to the boundary. As...

Thanks for your reply but if you read the other answers from John there does appear to be a problem as the land has been used for over 12 years and in one case since 1976.

Thanks again John, one of the houses where they say they have had the land since 1976 are actually tenants, ie the house belonged to the council and has subsequnetly been transferred to a housing association. The housing association have admitted that they have taken our land but at the end of...

The land is actually held in Trust at the moment and is it registered land to a bank until the last beneficiary dies and then it will be one third mine. Then presumably if they have gained immunity from planning there is nothing we can do. Thanks for your reply John

I own some agricultural land which backs onto the rear of a housing estate. Some of the houses have extended their gardens taking a small part of the land. This was done over 12 years ago. I understand planning permission is required to do this but this was not obtained. Does the fact that...