Dispute over neighbours garden develiopment

[Deleted User]

If it enhances the garden I would leave it well alone tbh, if you are selling anyway I wouldn't want any record of a dispute .

halys

Without being rude, it doesn't concern you in any way what your neighbour is doing on their land, providing it doesn't encroach on yours?
If they want to create a rock garden build a super shed, it doesn't really affect you unless its anti-social and then you complain to the Council, which yes, you will have to declare when selling your property and can lower your chances.


If you're only there for a little bit, let it be.

moneyistooshorttomention

Mind boggling at why planning approval would be needed for decking in the first place.......

But I can't see how it would make your house any less desirable for decking to be there (assuming it's down at ground level and you're not going from a situation where they currently can't see over the top of the fence to one where the decking is set higher than the ground and they would be sitting there peering over)?

Would the decking be set down at ground level? Or would it be higher (and therefore the neighbours could see more than they can at present)?

PasturesNew

If you're moving, leave it .... it can't be resolved/corrected to your satisfaction before you go to market and, as you say, you don't want a mark on the file about neighbour issues.

Just leave it, sell, move and forget it.

Davesnave

The salient point is, your viewers will never have seen the neighbour's garden as it was before the work, so they will just accept what's there, unless the neighbours are elevated in both body and spirit, leaning over your 1.8metre Larch Lap and singing lewd rugby songs at the time of inspection. Only you know how likely that is.

Yes, decking over 0.3m above ground level needs planning permission, but there's probably more of it in existence that hasn't got it, than has.

Round my way we call these things 'viewing platforms,' which is much more honest than 'decking.' We know we're nosy!

lincroft1710

Davesnave wrote: »

Round my way we call these things 'viewing platforms,' which is much more honest than 'decking.' We know we're nosy!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:............

ashe

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Mind boggling at why planning approval would be needed for decking in the first place.......

But I can't see how it would make your house any less desirable for decking to be there (assuming it's down at ground level and you're not going from a situation where they currently can't see over the top of the fence to one where the decking is set higher than the ground and they would be sitting there peering over)?

Would the decking be set down at ground level? Or would it be higher (and therefore the neighbours could see more than they can at present)?

From what I have read on here before you need planning permission for any decking above 30cm in height, so any decking where people build steps into it or handrails etc would usually require permission.

HampshireH

Do you not like your neighbours?:huh::undecided