Planning objection - will it collapse my sale?

Octothorpe

You can ask your Councillor to put your objection in on your behalf so isnt public.

ng023

Thanks for your perspective. This is really helpful. Our concerns lie broadly in 2 areas: 1) direct impacts on our property eg. overlooking and loss of light, and 2) offsite concerns eg. traffic and effect on character of the area. After your comments I am wondering about submitting an objection based on the offsite concerns and omitting the direct impacts. I could offer to give next door our privacy arguments (as these issues will affect them more anyway). 

Any reasons not to do so?

Section62

ng023 said:

The worry is that it will difficult to sell the house with the planning application hanging over it.

^^This.

If someone has decided it is worth submitting a planning application for multiple houses then the probability that someone will eventually get consent to build is likely to be high. If you and any potential buyers take that into account in valuing your property then the remaining issues are the uncertainty and disruption factors.

If it is inevitable the land will be built on then from your perspective it is possibly better for the application to be approved asap and for construction to start.

That way a potential buyer will have some degree of certainty about what is being built, and how long the disruption will last for.

If the application drags on, possibly going to appeal/inquiry, then the uncertainty will continue to hang over your property. Likewise, if the application is refused there will still be a blank canvas of land that a different application can be made for - with a design which is possibly more intrusive/devaluing to your property than the current proposals.

I would rather buy with a known 'bad' factor than buy with complete uncertainty.


Neighbour objections typically don't carry that much weight in planning decisions. Policy objections are more significant, and probably better raised with (and by) the local councillor.