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If this is street/front facing then planning permission is typically required. Especially if main front door is removed. Porch is still considered external space. If you're moving front door forward to gain internal space I've always been told that requires pp.

Just an update in case anyone interested or they come up with similar difficult surveyors. I spoke to representatives of the faculty of party wall surveyors and not only did they tell me how to waste the rogue surveyors time (producing timesheets, formal letter of appointment, put in a formal...

On a different forum someone says that a party wall surveyor took them to court (despite never requiring or providing a party wall award/agreement) and "after the judge stopped laughing, he threw it out of court".

Sorry I'm confused what OP stands for? In one context it seems to imply "original post" in the last reply "OP can hold you to account" implies other party??? Regarding dates my husband went round on 11th day to see if they would be reasonable and when they weren't he redesigned straight away...

Except the AO surveyor did no work and was explicitly instructed to do no work because it had been redesigned and the structural engineer was checking calculations. From the first conversation my husband stated that a raft foundation would be used and no pwa would apply. There is no obligation...

Thank you for confirming he's just trying his luck. We suspect he's friends with their son or he was a client of theirs because it's odd to pick a sole trader the other side of London from us in Reading.

Following planning permission we served a 3m excavation notice to a neighbour (who had put in an objection) under the party wall act. After 11 days of not hearing anything my husband went round to ask them their thoughts and remind them that if after 14 days we automatically enter dispute. They...