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If the neighbour owns the part of the courtyard where you want to install the new soil pipe then they probably can stop you. Just because you own the wall does not mean you can attach things to the outside of it if the space outside is owned by a neighbour. As Freddie suggested you need to check...

I'm happy to be proved wrong but I do not think that is correct. Whilst a single storey extension joined to a two storey extension can be a problem a dormer is not an extension - it is a roof enlargement which is a different class and subject to different rules. In my opinion the dormer and...

Why? Are you saying the extension roof volume will be added to the dormer volume? If so how do you know it exceeds the total volume allowance. Also is the new dormer being done under permitted development? I can't find it at the moment but I'm sure I've got something here that says a roof...

The existing DPC is probably fine, if it is bedded within the mortar there is not a lot that can go wrong with it. It is generally only where it is exposed to sunlight that it degrades or if it suffers from physical damage (such as someone drilling holes to install dryrods). In addition, the...

That is unfortunate. The conservation officers at the planning department can sometimes be a nightmare. I would suggest that you speak to a local architectural designer with experience in dealing with listed building planning applications. How you present the drawings and write the heritage...

Have you asked the planning department? They might be asking for it to be demolished simply because it was erected without planning permission/ listed building consent. If you make a planning application it might be approved? Or something more sympathetic to the listed building.

Fair point but it is worth clarifying that it depends what the "outrigger" is. It might not be original and is a small extension or conservatory.

When you say "your party wall surveyor" was this a surveyor appointed by you as adjoining owner or was it an agreed surveyor chosen by the neighbour (building owner)? Is he a legitimate qualified professional party wall surveyor or one of the many chancers who just put "party wall surveyor" in...

If an extension is built up against the boundary it is quite common for the foundations to encroach into neighbour's garden. How that happened with the neighbours garage immediately adjacent is difficult to envisage but it is what it is so no point worrying about that now. In this situation...

I suspect there is some confusion as terms are getting mixed up, I assume the "structural surveyor" is a structural engineer who has produced a set of structural calculations and some basic plans showing beam details. From the photo there is a note about BC - Cost for NOTICE £798 so it would...

He never lets the facts get in the way of a good story.

This not a new thing. Lightweight modular construction and prefabrication have been commonplace in school building since the 1960's. These industrialised building techniques are generally new and innovative and largely untested. It is also widespread in the NHS estate and has been in the public...

Those tunnels in photo 1 look too big to be woodworm (common furniture beetle). It also looks like there may have been some attached bark which has fallen off exposing the tunnels rather than just seeing the usual flight holes. If there was bark attached the tunnelling might be confined to the...

Something doesn't add up here. Initially the OP was saying "as the extension will be over the top of the existing sewer manhole" They then went on to say the sewer is about 2 m deep and the builder had dug a trench from the manhole in an attempt to trace the drain run. Why not just look down the...

If only the parts of the wall that are tanked are suffering from condensation don't you think that is suspicious? I suppose it could be a coincidence that the tanked areas are colder and that is why you are getting condensation but I would investigate whether the tanking has failed. I am...

We have had a prolonged hot dry spell of weather so condensation is less prevalent at the moment. What does the tanking consist of? Is it possible that the tanking has failed and it is minor penetrating damp rather than condensation? If it is condensation is there an effective vapour barrier on...

Don't forget that the National Space Standards you quoted in post #4 have minimum gross internal floor areas which has implications for the other habitable rooms such as living rooms, I've been caught out by this before. So whilst there are prescribed minimum areas for bedrooms the other...

The drawings just look very sparse and sloppy. I guess they are the planning drawings but even so there is a complete lack of any annotations, except the size and position of the radiators which is rather bizarre. Also the floor plan shows a small window on the rear dormer cheek but not shown on...

Reading your response to what I assume is the particulars of claim there is one glaring error in the designer's evidence. I cannot see any reference to a written fee quote or confirmation of their conditions of engagement. Nor can I see any reference to a written instruction from yourself. That...

I totally agree with your advice but I would just add that I took a closer look at the photo in #26 and the neighbours "lean-to" actually looks like it is freestanding structure not attached to the OP's flank wall. It appears to have freestanding support posts so possibly not a Type B party wall...