Planning Objections

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Anyone else face the pain of objections to planning applications based on opinion rather than fact? We are building a new house and have had some lovely comments. One neighbour has described the proposed property as overbearing and an overdevelopment of our site. Their house has exactly the same footprint as ours in a plot half the size! I should ignore, but it is hard not to take these things personally. What makes it more irritating is the cowardice, with the neighbour not willing to have a conversation ahead of lodging an objection.

We have had a few others. One complaining about access for pushchairs when we are improving accessibility and visibility around the entire perimeter of the site. Another just said they didn't like the design. We have had three objections from people who don't even live in the road lol.

Mini rant over.
 
Here is one where they clearly have sought advice but can't use spellcheck :D

Site notices have now been removed twice (not by us), but are not mandatory.

We object to this application in its currant form.
we feel that it is not inkeeping with the existing dwellings and surrounding context in terms of massing,scale and steet gain.It looks to have just been dropped into the site with only consideration to the existing bungalow and no consideration for urban design of the local context.The proposed building seem to break the development grain in this area,and at two storeys will be dominant at the intersection.
There seems to be no active elevations onto the street hiding the proposed dwelling behind the boundry'with the first floor becoming a weak visual feature.Timber cladding isnt a common material of this area.
There is concern of overlooking from the master bedroom and bedroom 3 of the proposels windows.We would like to see how this interacts with houses x and x with a sectional drawing through the street
We request a shadow plan to be produced to understand if there would be any negative impact upon sunlight leveis on the private amenity space of neighbouring properties.we would also like to see a context plan of the proposed building to understand the relationship between the existing homes'as the site and floor plans make it difficault to understand relationships.
The 2 storey dwelling in our opinion looks to be very overbearing and the site looks over developed.
Site notices have been removed and request they be replaced with additional notices for more residents to be informed.
 
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haha, we are up to 5 now, another this evening. Apologies, a small thumbnail image:
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Kenai said:
With the references to an existing bungalow, two storeys, overbearing, dominant etc. would it be fair to guess you're looking to build that amongst an area of single storey bungalows? If you are, you must have seen those sort of objections coming :p
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The only bungalow in the area is the one we own next door. All other properties are two stories!
 
bigmike20vt said:
looks lovely. Colour me jealous. 20 solar panels as well... is that to scale or just a generic "will have solar panels". because that must be a massive sized house to fit 20 panels on one side of the roof!. I hope you get it. we had planning for 2 extensions on our pad and both times it was nail biting but all came good in the end.
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to scale
 
SeatIbiza said:
Ignore the nimby types, they've got nothing else better to do than complain. 99% (at least) of them will have absolutely no standing in terms of planning rules and will totally be bemusing personal opinions of someone who has googled planning regs and interpreted them in a way they deem suits their rhetoric. Nobody has a right to a view for example, although there are rights to light, but seems you don't affect anyone's light.

OP - looks like a decent build - are you self-building?
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We will contract in a builder for the primary structure and I will manage the finishing.

Another objection. Snipit:

Because of the height and shape, it would dominate the road and corner area and spoil the open view aesthetic to that whole area.

The plot is currently surrounded by 60m of leylandii that are 5m high. You can't see into the plot from the road, so I have no idea what "open aesthetic" this person is referring to lol.
 
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Time for comments is now closed. 8 objections :rolleyes:

This is one:

1. The application values the country feel and appeal of (the road) in keeping with the heritage of the area. Significant amount of vegetation has already been removed from the site and squeezing in a second property devalues the grounds for the application.

2. The junction is currently unsafe and danger to life. Due to the popularity of (the road), it busy with walkers and particularly families. With lack of pavements, the only choice is to walk on the road into oncoming traffic around a blind bend. Establishing a large house with additional gateway's will only compound a dangerous situation.

3. The height of the new house is over bearing and not in keeping with the neighbourhood. I myself have lost sunlight in my garden due to a new build that is significantly greater than adjacent houses. Others should not have to suffer the same.

I already have a driveway on that side which will serve the new property. I have been using both driveways to the house so it's not really clear why there is an issue.


Another one:

I feel the building will be overbearing for the corner plot especially building it so close to the narrow lane. This makes it not in keeping with adjacent properties. We are concerned that construction works will be extremely disruptive and will not follow the permitted work hours as has been the case with other recent developments in the lane causing nuisance to residents.

It's not clear if the trees are staying which would be preferable for privacy purposes given the number of properties affected.

I think this person values brambles, dead trees and overgrown leylandii which I have removed or thinned out. What other builders who don't adhere to planning conditions has to do with my application I'm not quite sure lol.

I'll drop a few more in shortly.

Just to note, you can't win. People complain that we are thinning out the trees that make the corner blind and at the same time complain about the corner being blind and creating a risk.
 
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jpaul said:
can't you eloquently supply written rejection/criticism of the objections before any meeting too.

aren't there planning rules too for proximity and height of buildings/walls to public roads/lanes.
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Yes, already in hand and I have provided this to the architect. Virtually all complaints are already addressed in our design statement and the architect was diligent at evidencing all building guidelines on size, scale, positioning, privacy retention etc... The good news is that Highways have confirmed that they have no objection with access to the proposed new home which was a potential hurdle. The bad news is we need an archaeological watching brief for the foundation works if approved.
 
Not turned down, still wit the planning officer, decision due in about 3 weeks. I just find it a bit odd. I can't understand how someone on a committee can make a personal objection, given the objection could be seen to undermine the committee decision.
 
SeatIbiza said:
Good news!

People can't help but stick an oar in. I don't know if it is just a very British thing, but everyone seems to think they know something. As you will (hopefully) find none of these comments have any merit as they are simply the ramblings of mad men/women and they don't have any actual standing vs. the planning regs.

You will have to do a build thread!
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For the majority that seems to be the case. We have made two modifications to appease feedback, notably on the eaves height and a window position, which were easy for us to accommodate. I understand direct neighbours raising questions and concerns, I would likely do the same, albeit with more technical evaluation rather than "too big" or "don't like the look of it". Its the random people who pass through the area I find a bit odd. I actually made a point of checking out other local applications and leaving positive comments as I know how disheartening the negatives can be.

Will definitely do a build log. First have to finishing the renovation project on the bungalow in order to sell and fund the build! Almost there with that one.
 
All trivial but adds up. The pitch change takes off about 0.4m. we have also set the building lower by 0.15m and reduced the height to the eaves by 0.15m by reducing the upstairs wall height.

That, in conjunction with moving the building by 1m should add up to enough to tip the balance (we hope).
 
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