Planning permission query

GingerLs

Could anyone please advise if the neighbouring properties would be made aware of a planning request submitted to the council? And given opportunity to oppose the plans. Its would be for a side extention to my property.
Thanks 

Apodemus

Most likely, yes.  But depending on where you are and the specifics of your house, they might not.  For example, if you were a detached dwelling in Scotland and the nearest habited properties were beyond a certain distance, then there would be no neighbour notification.  In some places, the responsibility for neighbour notification rests with the applicant. 

Homer_home

GingerLs said:

Could anyone please advise if the neighbouring properties would be made aware of a planning request submitted to the council? And given opportunity to oppose the plans. Its would be for a side extention to my property.
Thanks 

Do you know all planning applications are in the public domain and easily looked up?

DevilDamo

GingerLs said:

Could anyone please advise if the neighbouring properties would be made aware of a planning request submitted to the council? And given opportunity to oppose the plans. Its would be for a side extention to my property.
Thanks 

Assume you have explored your options via Permitted Development?

EchoLocation

The county planning officer should be able to advise this. But unless it can be done under a permitted development as mentioned above, I would think likely that adjoining and possibly facing neighbours would be consulted. As I have learned, simply receiving opposition to a planning request is not in any way guaranteed to prevent the development from being approved. In fact, from my unfortunate experience any opposition (including from the Town council) is basically irrelevant to planner officers decision . If the extension will not in any way affect your neighbours, then it's just a matter of letting the consultation process run through. As some advice though, speak to your neighbour beforehand anyway.

Cash-Cows

The legal minimum would be site notice put up but planning authorities normally do more, notifying the immediate neighbours and others close by depending on potential impacts. 

My advice would be to speak to your neighbours about what you're going to do. 

Mickey666

EchoLocation said:

The county planning officer should be able to advise this. But unless it can be done under a permitted development as mentioned above, I would think likely that adjoining and possibly facing neighbours would be consulted. As I have learned, simply receiving opposition to a planning request is not in any way guaranteed to prevent the development from being approved. In fact, from my unfortunate experience any opposition (including from the Town council) is basically irrelevant to planner officers decision . If the extension will not in any way affect your neighbours, then it's just a matter of letting the consultation process run through. As some advice though, speak to your neighbour beforehand anyway.

That's because any objection has to have good reasons within the planning system. Thus, "It will spoil my view" (etc) is almost certainly not a valid objection.

EchoLocation

Mickey666 said:

That's because any objection has to have good reasons within the planning system. Thus, "It will spoil my view" (etc) is almost certainly not a valid objection.

Well in my case my objection was that my neighbour's extension would be built over my legal right of way (confirmed by solicitor and the obvious land layout) and mean that I would lose all access to and from the back of my property. But apparently losing access and having a clear impact on my property was not valid to be considered by the planning officer. Even my Town Council objected to it on two occasions on grounds of over-development, but apparently that was not valid either. So my point was that there is seemingly no real objection that would make any difference, unless it was something that was to be used by the planning officer anyway.

Davesnave

EchoLocation said:

Mickey666 said:

That's because any objection has to have good reasons within the planning system. Thus, "It will spoil my view" (etc) is almost certainly not a valid objection.

Well in my case my objection was that my neighbour's extension would be built over my legal right of way (confirmed by solicitor and the obvious land layout) and mean that I would lose all access to and from the back of my property. But apparently losing access and having a clear impact on my property was not valid to be considered by the planning officer. Even my Town Council objected to it on two occasions on grounds of over-development, but apparently that was not valid either. So my point was that there is seemingly no real objection that would make any difference, unless it was something that was to be used by the planning officer anyway.

Your legal right of way is not of concern to others because it is your duty, not theirs, to bring an action against anyone who blocks it.

Similarly, you could apply for permission to extend any property and the matter would be decided on planning grounds, not whether you were the legal owner.

On one occasion I was working on foundations and a vexatious neighbour rang the council saying we were engaged in illegal activity on their land. A planning officer attended because the complainant was a persistent thorn in their flesh, but he couldn't tell us to stop work; he could only advise us of the consequences if the complainant was correct. He wasn't correct, so had the council officer told us to stop, they would have become liable for our costs for equipment hire etc.

That's a practical example why it would be unwise for planners to become involved in legal disputes.