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Hi can anyone give some advice, my mothers 50 year old ex council house roof needs some work - the cement on the ridges have come away and there is some loose tiles with some damage to the laths. She been given a few options by a couple of builders A new roof with facias at 6k Remove the...

Noticed that the mortar on the ridges of my semi detached roof have given away and a couple tiles look to be either broken or have moved , it is an old roof probably from when the house was built in the sixties . I spoke to a builder who said it would be at least £1500 for the scaffolding...

Contacted the local planning and was told the same thing , I would have thought that the letter authorising the work would have been sent by recorded delivery rather than standard post to make sure it got to the destination . The planning officer did say that council most likely would have...

I cannot find any reference to the 1 on file .

Just downloaded the file and comes up as - I have not downloaded the neighbours boundary .

thanks , been to the website . Title plan £3 If you buy a copy of the title plan, this will show: the location of the property the general boundaries of the property - most title plans do not show the exact position of the boundaries I have the original title plans from 40 years ago...

The alleyway is similar to to what is found on these two houses , as you can see the houses attaches about the alleyway which a shared access . On my aunties house she has a fence which leads to the side of the entrance , there was one on the otherside so the centre was shared but they ripped...

Will ask her to get a photo done tomorrow , I have labelled photos ,

Just been told by my aunts neighbours that they will extending the front of their ex council house into a porch taking in the bay window - houses are 50s ex council with the a window bay on the ground level . My concern is since moving in they have been taking liberties with the driveway...

Thanks for the comments , I think the issue is that my aunts garden drops down around 2 metres when compared to the next doors neighbours so the 2.5 metre height is actually 4 metres from her garden .

I was told it was 3m with no PD but 6 metre with PD but as mentioned my aunt did not get any notification to ask / make a dispute . It was only when the builders started to dig up the ground that she was aware that an extension was being built . Not too sure how the other neighbour on the other...

This is from a letter from the planning site . " With reference to the above notification, I hereby confirm that Birmingham City Council as Local Planning Authority, has decided that no prior approval is required. The works proposed are therefore permitted development, subject to the materials...

Thanks been able to find the plan online by searching the postcode , spoke to the builder and he said the wall is 2.5 metres from the ground level which will run to the house meeting at the kitchens ceiling height with the centre part of the gable 3.4metres . He said there was no need for...

Thanks there is planning for a 6 metre extension which I found out after they started building when I mentioned it to the neighbour and they said to look online - my aunt did no receive any letters . From what I can gather as no dispute was raised the plans were put through , on the plans...

Can anyone please give me some advice , my aunts next door neighbour has started a 6 metre extension on a mid terrace house - she says she did not receive any letters even though from what I have read she should have been notified due to the size. Now the builders have started and she is...