Is my neighbor committing benefit fraud

BobQ

dacouch wrote: »

Surely if the OP registers a complaint against the neighboor then the OP will also need to declare the dispute when they want to sell the house.

True but arguably he would have to do this now having spoken to the authorities already.

adouglasmhor

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Whereas most of us would happily speak to a neighbour, Polish or not.

Our fleet manager this morning responded to the comment 'bloody Poles' by mentioning the fact she's Austrian (although was born in Romania), so are you sure he's actually Polish? :cool:

Your point is?

The whole point of the post I replied to has bypassed you totally.

Also I quite happily talk to anyone, If they don't speak one of English, Scots, French, Walloon or Ch'ti I may have problems though.

MobileSaver

CKhalvashi wrote: »

I've restored 3 old Soviet cars at home, and noone's complained, and I'm talking about welding, rebuilding engines etc, however we still own 2 of these, so I've not done it on such level, and it was being done on Sunday usually.

I'm sure most of us have worked on cars on our drive at one time or another but come on, what the OP described was nothing like this.

Wils24 wrote: »

It’s a non stop business, he’s had over 40-50 cars that I’ve seen.

In the real world I do not think any of us would be happy with such a situation despite some posters claiming it wouldn't bother them.

adouglasmhor

Oh I missed out German on my languages above.

CKhalvashi

MobileSaver wrote: »

I'm sure most of us have worked on cars on our drive at one time or another but come on, what the OP described was nothing like this.

It would depend on the amount of cars at any one time; if it was one or two (we've always had at least 4 cars outside our house, for example) it may not be a problem, whereas if vehicles are littered everywhere, there may be a bit more of a problem there, IYSWIM.

CK

planning_officer

MobileSaver wrote: »

Sorry but this is totally incorrect; it is illegal as the neighbour clearly does not have the necessary planning permission.

MobileSaver wrote: »

Um, no, there is everything wrong with running a business from home as described by the OP. It is against the law and your original statement was totally incorrect.

Just to correct these incorrect statements - it is NOT illegal or against the law to do something without planning permission. The planning system specifically allows for retrospective applications.

It only becomes an offence if the Council serve an Enforcement Notice and the terms of that Notice are not complied with.

dacouch

planning_officer wrote: »

Just to correct these incorrect statements - it is NOT illegal or against the law to do something without planning permission. The planning system specifically allows for retrospective applications.

It only becomes an offence if the Council serve an Enforcement Notice and the terms of that Notice are not complied with.

Does this also apply to people who speak in a foreign language...

sandraroffey

not read all the way through so may have already been said, BUT, if you want to run a business from your home ie. a car repair workshop, a woodworking yard etc, you have to apply for planning permission. for which you will be refused if it is a residential area. using a room as an office is fine. sewing or knitting at home and using computers at home is finre. its the stuff that is dirty and noisy that you cant do.

and i would still complain to the landlord, he may just be saying that he doesnt care, or may not be aware of the problem it is causing. also go to environmental health. that is very important, because of the noise factor. but dont tell the neighbour. environmental health will come and measure the noise levels and he wont even know. but YOU must abide by environmental healths decision, as must your neighbour.

CKhalvashi

dacouch wrote: »

Does this also apply to people who speak in a foreign language...

Yes, it does.