Yet another interfering neighbour thread...

andrew-b

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melb

poor you, you have my sympathies and he does sound a bit of a busybody but the further through your thread i read it sounds like he's lonely and wants an excuse to have a chat - pity he can't find a better topic of conversation! I know you probably think what a stupid thing to say and you may be right but does he live on his own?

imho

melb I thought the same as well.He is just a lonely old guy.

melb

it doesn't make it any easier fo you thogh does it? You've done nothing wrong at all as far as i can see so just try fobbing him off and hopefully he'll get a new hobby

dander

I reckon go round there clutching the planning regs and go for the deathly polite "just wanted to put your mind at rest..." kind of approach, giving him lots of thanks for alerting you to the issue and playing the concerned neighbour "of course when you mentioned it I went straight round to the council to get the forms to make sure everything is in order" etc. With a bit of luck that way you don't leave him with a leg to stand on - and you make him look petty if he keeps on making a fuss.

mcjordi

dont think you need any sort of planning permission as im sure the shed is classed as a temporary wooden structure

iamcornholio

mcjordi wrote: »

dont think you need any sort of planning permission as im sure the shed is classed as a temporary wooden structure

No, there is no such thing a a temporary structure.

A shed is an "outbuilding", just like a garage, greenhouse, store, workshop and anything else built in a garden, and comes under planning rules. It matters not if its timber or brick

The good thing is that the OP's shed is small enough to come under permitted development, and so requires no formal planning permission

IMO, it would be much better in bright pink, not green, and with "You nut" painted somewhere on it

booty40uk

Life is way too short for crap like this. Personally i would just tell him that if he wants to do something about it, to call the local authority, police, SAS and anyone else he thinks might help and see how far he gets. He has no argument and will find that out for himself.

Andy

paddy's_mum

He's a tactless old git with not enough to do all day ...but so might you be one day

Who owns the wall - you? If so, raise it or else put another fence panel in front of it on the basis that what he can't see, he is unlikely to fret about. You are allowed to go to 2 metres (6'6") and unless he's the sprightly sort, he's unlikely to be able to get up on a chair to look over.

You might also consider lowering those support struts beneath the shed - you'll get the necessary airflow but if he sees that you have made at least some attempt to address his concerns, he might decide to leave the matter there.

I wouldn't be going round there guns blazing, although I do agree that confronting your wife on a personal issue at her place of work is out of order. Perhaps it would defuse things quickest if she were to say to him, face to face, "I don't want to be disciplined because of you. If you do that again, I shall report you to my managers".

I know from first hand experience how numbingly awful it is to live with a nightmare neighbour and I have to say that a bit of oil on troubled waters might be the best way forward. I realise how annoying he is, but believe me, you could have somebody so much worse

diable

Just tell him its temporary as you will be moving out soon and you will letting the house out to a family of Romanian Gypsies' ;o)))

mcjordi

iamcornholio wrote: »

No, there is no such thing a a temporary structure.

A shed is an "outbuilding", just like a garage, greenhouse, store, workshop and anything else built in a garden, and comes under planning rules. It matters not if its timber or brick

The good thing is that the OP's shed is small enough to come under permitted development, and so requires no formal planning permission

IMO, it would be much better in bright pink, not green, and with "You nut" painted somewhere on it

ah ok.. ta for that..