How did the council get away with this?

usignuolo

A friend of mine had a property developer move in next door and try much the same trick. Turned out it was illegal as it encroached on his land. Of course it depends on the size of the plots which should be on the deeds. It looks as though, guessing, extension was developed within permitted development rights in terms of size of own property without regard to intrusion on neighbour.


My neighbour said that he was told that the house had to be (from memory) 2 feet from his, not on the boundary line.

Our local council generally will not intervene while a building is under construction but can and have, demanded illegal extensions are removed before a certificate of permitted development is issued. Guessing they issued this before the visit and then did not want to back down because builder of the extension might sue them.

Need to contact Local Government Ombudsman.