Neighbour is raising their ceiling and blocking some of the getting through our window

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Worth contacting building control at the council as well, even if planning isn’t required it’s very likely that building control is (unless that’s an outhouse they are building upon).

The timber being too short for the full run and joint by a small strip of wood could be a sign of poor work (not an expert, just doesn’t look right to me). 

vemuo

powerful_Rogue said:

vemuo said:

Aylesbury_Duck said:

I can't see that your ambient light level is much affected by that, but definitely worth checking that what they're doing is permitted development, or if planning consent is required, that they obtained it. 

The picture is taken from outside so it doesn’t look bad, but when inside it looks a lot less bright than it used to. Would the council know if they have permission for these works? 

Search on your local council website. Will list all planning applications received  - Unless what they are doing falls under permitted development.

I managed to find some planning applications for that property on the council website which is great, but I can’t view them as the website doesn’t manage to load their pages up, I’ll probably have to contact the council directly.

vemuo

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

Worth contacting building control at the council as well, even if planning isn’t required it’s very likely that building control is (unless that’s an outhouse they are building upon).

The timber being too short for the full run and joint by a small strip of wood could be a sign of poor work (not an expert, just doesn’t look right to me). 

Thanks for the advice, I’ll contact the council to chase this up as I can’t find anyone at that property to speak to. Btw, if it is an outhouse, would that mean they can build on top of it as much as they want?

Ectophile

vemuo said:

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head said:

Worth contacting building control at the council as well, even if planning isn’t required it’s very likely that building control is (unless that’s an outhouse they are building upon).

The timber being too short for the full run and joint by a small strip of wood could be a sign of poor work (not an expert, just doesn’t look right to me). 

Thanks for the advice, I’ll contact the council to chase this up as I can’t find anyone at that property to speak to. Btw, if it is an outhouse, would that mean they can build on top of it as much as they want?

No, because I can't take an old shed, build a new block of flats on top of it, and claim I'm just extending it a bit.