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What can I do about that?

Thanks guys for replying. It's a tough one. The garden has been historically landscaped, with portions being dug out and levelled and other areas being built up. This work looks to be around 50 years old, but could be older than that. So, the only natural ground level we can be certain of is...

If the scattered earth issue has been and gone as the time has elapsed and the decking is under PD then what can they refuse?

I have told them that we did distribute some chalky earth yes, but not said how much as we have no idea. It's pretty obvious as the top layer is chalk so couldn't really hide it. I want to get this sorted so thought that by explaining the work and that it was over the 4 year period (which I...

So, they told her it was now PD and she is now alleging that we have raised the ground. We had some work done 5.5 years ago and they scattered the earth across the 50x30ft area of the top of the garden, which has probably amounted to approx a 2 inch height over the whole area. The officer has...

Just had planning officer back round (great service!) and he's said it's all fine now and is within PD. He was totally happy with it and said he'd send me a letter to confirm that. Then, just as he was leaving he said that he'd have to notify the complainant and make sure that she was ok with...

Exactly! Especially as with an afternoons work it is now all 300mm :)

He's not budging. Has told me to see a planning consultant if I want to take it further. Trouble is with the house sale imminent we need to get this sorted and signed off under PD asap so our hands are tied. We're off to lop the front 3 panels off now :(

I agree. Thanks for your help on this guys. Have just spoken to him and he reckons that he's spoken to colleagues and they're in agreement. He's trying to tell me that the amendments in 2008 meant that you can measure 'height' from multiple points on sloping ground, not just the highest...

No, it's all on one section of garden which has been terraced historically (clearly decades before our time as to the best of our knowledge it's been over grown for 20 years!). It's 120ft garden with roughly 20ft patio outside the back door, then up to 40 ft level grass area, next level up to...

Big-all, my husband actually dug down a bit, so that 140mm is from the highest ground level the edge of the decking is resting on, which is in fact now lower than the adjoining ground. It's basically one decking panel high at the back and 3 high at the front (each measuring 140mm), but the...

Thanks. That's exactly the definition I was going by. I'll speak to the planning officer and see what regulations he's quoting that are apparently contrary to this.

We've stumbled into a nightmare! We built a 4.8m2 decking at the end of our garden (120ft in length and sloping upwards). It is on the top tier, and this tiering has been part of the garden for at least 50 years I'd say (it's been overgrown for at least 20 years and I'm guessing the tier age...