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Planning Permission Issue
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Those would be my concerns. The first time your neighbour walked out onto her new balcony, she could end up with her feet in your kitchen!Mutton_Geoff said:If it's your roof, how do we know it's load bearing enough to be used as a balcony? What will it be covered with? Have they been walking on it already? Normal roofing felt (which is what it looks like) is not designed to be used in this way and could have already been damaged by footfall or the location of those pots. How did they get building regs approval to put those doors in?Those doors should open inwards with a flush fitting steel or glass balustrade. What if a child or someone with impaired sense walked through that open door and straight over the edge?
Given that the doors (how dangerous are they?) are already in place, she is really only applying for PP to put a wall around the balcony. PP won't be concerned about who owns what, so the fact you own the roof, if you do, won't concern the planners.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0 -
Can someone really build on your roof? I can see they have put plant pots there already...0
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Thanks for all advice guys - will see how go with PP first and on from there!0
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