How do I stop my neighbour from building double storey extension???

BobProperty

shelly wrote: »

.....If any other neighbours in the street have had permission granted for a double storey extension already, he stands a good chance of having permission granted too.

There's probably only a few streets in Manchester where that hasn't happened. Give us a postcode and we can go into it in more detail, but for a typical, say, 3 bed semi street in Manchester you'll find it's already been done and another one isn't going to change the look of the area.

mysty60

BobProperty wrote: »

There's probably only a few streets in Manchester where that hasn't happened. Give us a postcode and we can go into it in more detail, but for a typical, say, 3 bed semi street in Manchester you'll find it's already been done and another one isn't going to change the look of the area.

The house is in Prestwich, Post code M25.

I will have a look at the other houses around to see what they have done and have been allowwed to do.

Thanks

Limara

I have exactly the same problems as you, my neighbours want to build a double storey that will block ALL my winter sun to the rear of my house by overshadowing and my now secluded garden will be overlooked. and my only outlook from every window to the rear of my house will be their guttering just the thought of it its just so depressing let alone having to live with it!
Make sure you get your objection in quickly it will have a timeframe.
Also look at your local council planning guidelines you should be able to find them online make sure you are looking at the local appendix as they all quote the goverment guide and then add their own local guide and in your objection quote anything thats against their planning guidelines.
In my case everything is against the guideline but they were already to pass it we have now involved the help of a local councillor again if you need to do this make sure you contact them quickly this should be done during a short time from when the announcement is printed in your local press ( think its only about 2 or 3 weeks)

Wee_Willy_Harris

I'm guessing, 2 and a half years down the line, that the OP has either resolved the issue or has somewhere new to put hanging basket brackets.

dell12

I know it's an old thread but i've been in the same situation. It's definitely worth going round to speak to your neighbours I think firstly to see if you can come up with any common ground. Perhaps they haven't properly appreciated your view?

If that fails (as it did in my case) you need to write a letter to the planning department stating your concerns, or alternatively if your really upset/bothered speak to a planning consultant who will help you write a letter though it will cost you. There's plenty of free/cheap help online though, or if you simply google 'planning consultant' there are plenty of planning consultants who will help you write a letter. I used a site which wrote my letter for me:

https://www.myneighboursarebuilding.co.uk

They only cost £30 which is alot cheaper than what most planning consultants charge that I enquired about.

mynameisdave

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

I'm guessing, 2 and a half years down the line, that the OP has either resolved the issue or has somewhere new to put hanging basket brackets.

Wish I'd realised that 5 minutes ago