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  • 25-02-2009 8:43pm
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    Spaco
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    Not sure if anyone can help here of if there is anything i can do, but here goes.
    Bought a house in the last 12 months and recently my neighbour started building a new extension. The PP was all done before i bought but they hadn't started for a while.
    Thing is, the new extension is 4 foot over the joining wall but also blocks out light into my kitchen (terraced house). So my small back yard is now like a cement hole.
    Just seeing if there is anything where a property can't block out so much light into an adjoining property or is it a case of "should have checked the plans sooner?"
    Thanks


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    Tails142
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    Unfortunately its a case of 'should've checked the plans sooner'.

    Have a look at the planners decisions as there may be a planning condition that they have to provide planting to the side of their building, if not you could always approach them and ask if they'd mind if you put up a trellis and some climbing plants.

    If you objected prior to planning being granted you may have got something, but at this stage, with the wall built you have no comeback.


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    apm0003
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    4 feet above the joining wall sounds pretty high. Have checked the actual plans submitted to the council for this extension ? People sometimes don't stick to the plans they got planning permission for !
    If this is what the planners permitted then there is nothing you can do at this stage.


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    godtabh
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    Spaco wrote: »
    Not sure if anyone can help here of if there is anything i can do, but here goes.
    Bought a house in the last 12 months and recently my neighbour started building a new extension. The PP was all done before i bought but they hadn't started for a while.
    Thing is, the new extension is 4 foot over the joining wall but also blocks out light into my kitchen (terraced house). So my small back yard is now like a cement hole.
    Just seeing if there is anything where a property can't block out so much light into an adjoining property or is it a case of "should have checked the plans sooner?"
    Thanks

    If its built in accordance to the planning permission I dont think there is anything you do


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