Neighbours window overlooking back garden

modelreject

The house next door is having an extension built and there is a window to the side. We have an extension also but so the window does face the side of our extension, but there is a good 20 metres between them which means that they can look straight into our back garden. Is this legal and what are my rights. I will try and take a picture during the day tomorrow or post up a diagram.

Thanks for any advice as it would be good to get this sorted before the build any more.

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TEDDYRUKSPIN

Erm planning permission? I believe they must have got the planning permission? Did'nt the council contact you? Did you agree to this?

If not, you can actually contact them and also raise this with the neighbours. Just remember, once it is built, you are stuck with it!

gordikin

My spare bedroom window looks out on 5 neighbours gardens...similarly theirs do too, I don't get your problem?

phill99

If it has Planning Permission and you didn't object at the time, you have no chance of doing anything now.

modelreject

"If it has Planning Permission and you didn't object at the time, you have no chance of doing anything now. "

"Erm planning permission? I believe they must have got the planning permission? Did'nt the council contact you? Did you agree to this?

If not, you can actually contact them and also raise this with the neighbours. Just remember, once it is built, you are stuck with it! "

Are the council supposed to contact me?

First point about if it has planning permission and didn't object at time. I have never been contacted about this, so therfore the council have bypassed me. Is this legal?

ormus

my brother lives on the 9th floor.
all his windows overlook hundreds of houses/gardens.
(maybe thousands).

avantra

Nothing you can do about this at this stage.

You might want to think putting one of these:

grimsalve

I didn't realise until recently that there's actually a law that applies to Leylandii (Part 8 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003). Probably better to contact the council about planning permission, etc. before planting anything!

tsstss7

ormus wrote: »

my brother lives on the 9th floor.
all his windows overlook hundreds of houses/gardens.
(maybe thousands).

But there are degrees of overlooking though aren't there - there is a warehouse building next door to a friend of mine and at one point the owners applied for planning permission to have flats on the site that would have had windows that opened in to my pals garden....ltierally if the occupiers had climbed out of their window they would have had no choice other than to be in her garden. Naturally as she has young children she was a tad worried about the security aspect of this not to mention having neighbours who would literally be able to see her children playing in the garden as if it were their own.

Her only solution was to consider putting in a nice tall wooden fence to act as a screen and make the garden secure but then of course the new windows would have been ever so dark lol. Luckily it didn't get planning permission due to other reasons but I can certainly understand why being substantially overlooked would be an issue esp. if you have kids.

Zinger549

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modelreject wrote: »

Are the council supposed to contact me?

First point about if it has planning permission and didn't object at time. I have never been contacted about this, so therfore the council have bypassed me. Is this legal?

Did they not put a planning notice up near the house. My Local council puts up yellow notices on trees/lampposts when some one is having building work done. It tells you what they're planning to do and what you need to do If you have a objection to it.

ormus

they usually write to the neighbours. not sure if thats a legal obligation or not.
check your local press for PP notices, that is a legal obligation.