Neighbours shed

Fair74

My neighbour has decided to start buildng a shed in priciple i really wouldnt mind however he has built it right next to my back wall no gap just right next to it, My wall is 8ft his shed when the roof is on will be around the 12ft mark. The roof will touch or be extremly close to my wall so if it rains over time it will cause damage. Not only that it has blocked out light. The shed itself is not at ground level it has been put on a raised platform.
Prior to this i have been fairly amicable with my neighbour taken in packages etc. He has been rather sneaky about doing this not said anything and been doing some of the work in the early hours of the morning.
I have spoken to someone in the planing department and so far ive been advised that the fact that the shed is not on the ground and on a raised platform they would be interested to look at.
I have sent them the details as requested with pictures.
I have never had dealings with anything like this and wondered how long something like this would take and weather they would ask him to take it down or move it somwhere else.
At the back of the property is also a road its also been mentioned to me that you cant build where it is directly facing a road ie that having it would potentially obstruct view on that road.
I am just not sure where i stand here as he has definatley done it on purpose and does not feel it is something that he needed to discuss with me.

sevenhills

Fair74 wrote: »

He has been rather sneaky about doing this not said anything and been doing some of the work in the early hours of the morning.


I have spoken to someone in the planing department and so far ive been advised that the fact that the shed is not on the ground and on a raised platform they would be interested to look at.

Maybe he is just busy, surely building it in the early hours will attract attention.
Sheds are often built on a platform or base, is that all it is?

comeandgo

We have a large shed close to our neighbors land but our shed has gutters so no water goes into his garden. Maybe your neighbors one will too.

Fair74

there is no room for a gutter he hasnt left enough space and yes most sheds have a base but his is quite high off the ground and he has a huge garden yet he has chosen to put it in the corner next to my wall. there is supposed to legally be a certain gap between the boundary and this is not the case.

Doozergirl

Have you spoken to him? It's all very well saying he's being sneaky but maybe he just didn't feel he needed to speak to you about it and didn't realise it would upset you or that it's a potential planning issue. He too might think it's a bit sneaky to phone the planning despartment without telling him you were unhappy.

If it is 12ft high (3.6 metres for a shed?) then it doesn't fall under permitted development as it would be close to the boundary. If it's 8ft (2.4 metres) then it does fall under PD.

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/43/outbuildings

I'm not sure what you're asking us. You've contacted planning, tea and cake wasn't considered by either party, planning will presumably come out now and make a decision on whether the size is appropriate to the distance from boundaries. That's it.

Ant555

I think the planning department might be interested if its on the boundary and the apex is 12foot high - you should look up the rules but, from memory, I think there are different allowances for the height of a shed depending on how far away from the boundary it is.

I certainly wouldn't be thrilled at the prospect of a 12 foot high shed right on the boundary.

Ant555

from the link Doozergirl posted...

"Maximum height of 2.5 metres in the case of a building, enclosure or container within two metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the dwellinghouse."

if its on the boundary then it can only be 2.5 m high.

Fair74

Thanks doozergirl that clears a lot of things up for me

unforeseen

Fair74 wrote: »

there is supposed to legally be a certain gap between the boundary and this is not the case.

Where is that mandated?

Gloomendoom

unforeseen wrote: »

Where is that mandated?

Building regs, I believe. Minimum one metre from the boundary. The gap can be smaller but the building/shed would need to be constructed of fireproof materials.

If the floor area of the building is between 15 square metres and 30 square metres, you will not normally be required to apply for building regulations approval providing that the building contains NO sleeping accommodation and is either at least one metre from any boundary or it is constructed of substantially non-combustible materials.

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/43/outbuildings/2

Not sure if the minimum distance applies if less than 15 square metres.

moneyistooshorttomention

Fair74 wrote: »

there is no room for a gutter he hasnt left enough space and yes most sheds have a base but his is quite high off the ground and he has a huge garden yet he has chosen to put it in the corner next to my wall. there is supposed to legally be a certain gap between the boundary and this is not the case.

Looked at as an outsider here - there are different definitions of the word "huge" and I have my doubts whether the garden would be "huge" in many peoples estimation.

Also - logically - unless the garden is indeed huge (in everyone's estimation) then chances are that he isn't deliberately putting it at the boundary specifically to annoy you. He's putting it at the boundary in order to minimise the effect on his own garden (a lot of us have to do that in order to make the shed have as little "visual intrusion" to us as possible/not waste any space by being surrounded on all 4 sides by our garden iyswim).