Neighbour building a brick house/building in their back garden

[Kimi]

My sister is renting my house off me, and i went round last night to see what needed to be done as im looking to sell it.

Anyway, there was a really nice lady living to the left when i was living there, she has since sold up and moved out. Ive never met the new people but when i looked in my garden, i saw they have started building a full on brick structure with windows in the back of their garden, the roof isn't on yet but already the top of the door is higher than my fence, which is a good 6ft. Im not sure what its going to be, but looks like either a cinema/gym/office kind of size.

Im not sure what the rules regarding building on your own land are, but this thing looks like its going to be quite large and also over looking my house.

Im not usually one to complain but i feel this could be a problem for me selling my house. My sister says they never mentioned building it to her and just started putting it up, looks like its about 1-2 weeks into the build. Are you supposed to get planning permission to do this sort of thing? I don't really want to complain if i have no right either.

 

[Kimi]

Ill get on the phone to them and see what they say

Here is a pic from last year before i redone the grass. Basicly the house on the left, all that grass, will no longer be grass.



I will get some pics tonight of whats going up

 

[Kimi]

When I built my Log cabin which is less than 2.5m in height to the ridge, I was advised by the planning office to seek planning permission because it was within 2m of the boundary fence. This was despite it replacing a shed of the same size in the same place!

From your photos I would suggest that if he is building up to the fence he will need PP. If you have not received the letter that does not mean to say he has not applied and been accepted. Basically if you receive permission approval you have 3 years (I think) to build it or you have to re-apply.

If you go to your local council website, you can search planning applications and their condition by postcode. Slap in your postcode and see if they have applied and the status. If there's nothing there contact your planning office and mention that they might be building a permitted development within 2m of the boundary and they will be on them like a hawk...

Interesting, i put my postcode in and cant find anything from his house, a lot of people have built little brick porches at the front of their houses and they all come up, windows etc as well. Im going to get on the phone to the planning department tomorrow morning and see what they say,

 

[Kimi]

Ah yea i forgot to post the pics, heres a couple, looks a lot smaller than it is in real life


The thing im concerned about is the height, i dont mind if its out the way but when your in the garden and look out it seems to me like its going to be quite high judging by how high the door is. If it was the high of the door i wouldn't mind at all. Im pretty sure no permission was sought tho, unless the council are just slow at updating their records

 

[Kimi]

Im not around that way very often, and when my sister ask she said he just laughed it off, i would have got details if i had spoken to him, let me say, i dont care what people build in their garden, its your garden, build what you want. My concern, which i mentioned earlier was that it may interfere with the selling of my house. At the moment you look out the back on to woodland, but he might be building a 18 story block of flats with waterslides coming down the side for all i know. I intend to ask when im there whats going on. Its interesting to know for future you can knock up any thing as long as its not over 2.5m high tho.

btw, my garden was presentable before she moved in, and theres a lawn mower in that shed