Overlooking Conservatory?

Errata

It might not be the neighbours idea of heaven to be able to look straight into next doors kitchen either. How about a nice friendly discussion about going halves on some 6' fence panels ?

jennifernil

If the new construction is close to the boundary then that would cut out quite a bit of light from it, and make cleaning the glass tricky, but if it is far enough away that would certainly be the best plan.

27col

What about putting a length of trellis along the top of the existing boundary wall/fence, with some sort of planting to provide a screen. You could fill it in with green mesh until the planting had grown a bit.

GordonCopestake

Thanks for all your suggestions. I've had a quiet word and they have agreed to put frosted film on the windows facing our property. The trellis idea is also a good one and we may invest!

Thanks for your help

Gordon

maypole

GordonCopestake wrote: »

Thanks for all your suggestions. I've had a quiet word and they have agreed to put frosted film on the windows facing our property. The trellis idea is also a good one and we may invest!

Thanks for your help

Gordon

Glad you got this sorted in a friendly way, I do believe if you had reported them they would have been made to put in frosted glass. My neighbours were told this when they wanted to build one next to us and that was only a couple of years ago.

planning_officer

Inactive wrote: »

Most conservatories don't need planning permission, subject to size.

Sorry to drag up a slightly older thread, but that isn't necessarily true - under the new permitted development legislation, you can extend at single storey height (i.e. including conservatories) for 4m in depth beyond the ORIGINAL wall of a detached house or 3m in depth beyond the original wall of a semi/terraced house. There are various criteria too for extending at the side, but as most conservatories tend to be at the rear, they can be covered (subject to size) under the above criteria. If there are other restrictions, like if permitted development rights have been removed by the Council, then they will always need planning permission - always best to check with your local Council, however small the conservatory is going to be.