Hi Folks,
My next door neighbours applied for planning permission to convert a double garage into an extension. Our 2 houses are not in a straight line, 180 degrees, more like 130 odd. This means that to a degree we both overlook each other. However, a good sized gap between houses and a fairly tall hedge means it's not a problem. The good sized gap has there double garage on it. We objected because the 2 new upstairs windows of the front room would look over our garden. My neighbours employed a company who put a camera on a pole to the proposed window height and took photos of our garden. This showed that you could only just see the ridge line of our greenhouse over the hedge and therefore wasn't really overlooking anything. We were not informed of this happening and the council passed the application. The issue is that the greenhouse is right at the end of the garden and that you have to go down 3 steps to get to it. Therefore the new windows do overlook us, apart from when you're in the greenhouse! I have been told that as the application has been passed, there is nothing I can now do. Can any one tell me if this is true. It seems to me that even a cursory inspection by the planning department would have revealed that the photographed greenhouse ridgeline is much lower than virtually all the garden.
My next door neighbours applied for planning permission to convert a double garage into an extension. Our 2 houses are not in a straight line, 180 degrees, more like 130 odd. This means that to a degree we both overlook each other. However, a good sized gap between houses and a fairly tall hedge means it's not a problem. The good sized gap has there double garage on it. We objected because the 2 new upstairs windows of the front room would look over our garden. My neighbours employed a company who put a camera on a pole to the proposed window height and took photos of our garden. This showed that you could only just see the ridge line of our greenhouse over the hedge and therefore wasn't really overlooking anything. We were not informed of this happening and the council passed the application. The issue is that the greenhouse is right at the end of the garden and that you have to go down 3 steps to get to it. Therefore the new windows do overlook us, apart from when you're in the greenhouse! I have been told that as the application has been passed, there is nothing I can now do. Can any one tell me if this is true. It seems to me that even a cursory inspection by the planning department would have revealed that the photographed greenhouse ridgeline is much lower than virtually all the garden.
