My neighbour wants to convert his garage, 6m x 6m, pitched roof, into a granny flat. Crack on, I say. He wants to brick up the front and put in windows. Yeah, OK. However he also wants to extend the garage backwards, making an "L" with the rest of the house and going back to the back fence. Hmm. This would be right up to the boundary and would present the south side of my back garden, about 10 k long, with a single storey building and a pitched roof, so I would be looking at an 8ft wall with another 6-7 feet of roof tiles on top, right on the fence line. No thanks. We've had a friendly chat, I've said politely what I've said here.
He says he's applied for planning permission and appointed an architect. He's flexible (he says) as to what he wants.
How does it work from here? Does he get outline permission, then produce plans, then get the green light? What are the rules? I would like to think that there was some restriction on a homeowner erecting what amounts to a 14ft wall on the fence line of his property and shading his neighbour's garden. How do I go about checking out the plans and if necessary objecting?
He says he's applied for planning permission and appointed an architect. He's flexible (he says) as to what he wants.
How does it work from here? Does he get outline permission, then produce plans, then get the green light? What are the rules? I would like to think that there was some restriction on a homeowner erecting what amounts to a 14ft wall on the fence line of his property and shading his neighbour's garden. How do I go about checking out the plans and if necessary objecting?