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Air conditioning unit on side of neighbour's house - best approach?
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metron said:RelievedSheff said:I think you have bigger problems here then your neighbours installing air con/heat pump.
We live in a pleasant village, where people consider their neighbours, where visual appearance matters a lot to people, and where people ordinarily comply with the planning laws designed to protect people from unsightly additions. By and large developments and additions have been sympathetic to the village, because most people are from the general area and don't want to damage the environment that they value. Occasionally somebody moves here from London, where different rules apply, talk about how nice the area is, and then start trying to 'Londonify' it with huge metal gates, floodlights and things like air conditioning units. It never goes down well, and our visitors (and the seller of the house, who still lives here) are horrified at the monstrosity that's been stuck high up on a very visible wall.
This is clearly about far more than just the aircon unit. That's just a symptom.
You don't like the new neighbours, and you don't think they're the "right kind of people"... This is as much about what you perceive them as representing as anything personal.
By all means, report them to the planning enforcement team. Then, when the retrospective planning app goes in, object to it.
However, I don't think that's going to resolve the actual cause of the issue here, merely reinforce it. Especially when the app is approved, which is almost inevitable.
I repeat - is there any chance of a pic of the actual unit in situ?12 -
sammyjammy said:Is this house opposite you or next to you? Either way it can't both be a potential for noise and ruin your view from most windows. Live and let live, I ma sure your wife will get used to it, if not sell up and move, as someone else said these things are likely to become more common place.
As for these things becoming more common place, maybe, but planning permission is required, and that will normally require them to be placed out of sight where possible - as it is here.0 -
That approach is almost certainly going to lead to confrontation!!1
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metron said:sammyjammy said:Is this house opposite you or next to you? Either way it can't both be a potential for noise and ruin your view from most windows. Live and let live, I ma sure your wife will get used to it, if not sell up and move, as someone else said these things are likely to become more common place.
As for these things becoming more common place, maybe, but planning permission is required, and that will normally require them to be placed out of sight where possible - as it is here.3 -
AdrianC said:metron said:RelievedSheff said:I think you have bigger problems here then your neighbours installing air con/heat pump.
We live in a pleasant village, where people consider their neighbours, where visual appearance matters a lot to people, and where people ordinarily comply with the planning laws designed to protect people from unsightly additions. By and large developments and additions have been sympathetic to the village, because most people are from the general area and don't want to damage the environment that they value. Occasionally somebody moves here from London, where different rules apply, talk about how nice the area is, and then start trying to 'Londonify' it with huge metal gates, floodlights and things like air conditioning units. It never goes down well, and our visitors (and the seller of the house, who still lives here) are horrified at the monstrosity that's been stuck high up on a very visible wall.
This is clearly about far more than just the aircon unit. That's just a symptom.
You don't like the new neighbours, and you don't think they're the "right kind of people"... This is as much about what you perceive them as representing as anything personal.
By all means, report them to the planning enforcement team. Then, when the retrospective planning app goes in, object to it.
However, I don't think that's going to resolve the actual cause of the issue here, merely reinforce it. Especially when the app is approved, which is almost inevitable.
I repeat - is there any chance of a pic of the actual unit in situ?0 -
RelievedSheff said:metron said:sammyjammy said:Is this house opposite you or next to you? Either way it can't both be a potential for noise and ruin your view from most windows. Live and let live, I ma sure your wife will get used to it, if not sell up and move, as someone else said these things are likely to become more common place.
As for these things becoming more common place, maybe, but planning permission is required, and that will normally require them to be placed out of sight where possible - as it is here.0 -
RelievedSheff said:That approach is almost certainly going to lead to confrontation!!0
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metron said:AdrianC said:metron said:RelievedSheff said:I think you have bigger problems here then your neighbours installing air con/heat pump.
We live in a pleasant village, where people consider their neighbours, where visual appearance matters a lot to people, and where people ordinarily comply with the planning laws designed to protect people from unsightly additions. By and large developments and additions have been sympathetic to the village, because most people are from the general area and don't want to damage the environment that they value. Occasionally somebody moves here from London, where different rules apply, talk about how nice the area is, and then start trying to 'Londonify' it with huge metal gates, floodlights and things like air conditioning units. It never goes down well, and our visitors (and the seller of the house, who still lives here) are horrified at the monstrosity that's been stuck high up on a very visible wall.
This is clearly about far more than just the aircon unit. That's just a symptom.
You don't like the new neighbours, and you don't think they're the "right kind of people"... This is as much about what you perceive them as representing as anything personal.
By all means, report them to the planning enforcement team. Then, when the retrospective planning app goes in, object to it.
However, I don't think that's going to resolve the actual cause of the issue here, merely reinforce it. Especially when the app is approved, which is almost inevitable.
I repeat - is there any chance of a pic of the actual unit in situ?3 -
metron said:RelievedSheff said:That approach is almost certainly going to lead to confrontation!!
It is after all their property and nothing to do with you in the slightest.2 -
metron said:AdrianC said:metron said:RelievedSheff said:I think you have bigger problems here then your neighbours installing air con/heat pump.
We live in a pleasant village, where people consider their neighbours, where visual appearance matters a lot to people, and where people ordinarily comply with the planning laws designed to protect people from unsightly additions. By and large developments and additions have been sympathetic to the village, because most people are from the general area and don't want to damage the environment that they value. Occasionally somebody moves here from London, where different rules apply, talk about how nice the area is, and then start trying to 'Londonify' it with huge metal gates, floodlights and things like air conditioning units. It never goes down well, and our visitors (and the seller of the house, who still lives here) are horrified at the monstrosity that's been stuck high up on a very visible wall.
This is clearly about far more than just the aircon unit. That's just a symptom.
You don't like the new neighbours, and you don't think they're the "right kind of people"... This is as much about what you perceive them as representing as anything personal.
By all means, report them to the planning enforcement team. Then, when the retrospective planning app goes in, object to it.
However, I don't think that's going to resolve the actual cause of the issue here, merely reinforce it. Especially when the app is approved, which is almost inevitable.
I repeat - is there any chance of a pic of the actual unit in situ?and they aren't the ones with the huge metal gates!
Then the gates etc are a total and utter non sequitur, irrelevant to the aircon.I'm not sure what you mean by the 'right kind of people'
You may need to re-read your text I quoted, then, because that's absolutely the impression I took from your post.but that's not the issue
So, again, irrelevant.the issue is the failure to observe planning regulations
Report it to the planning enforcement team, and hope they ask for a retrospective application, on which you can submit your objection.and the thoughtless siting of the unit.
That's for the planners to decide, not you.The unit looks very much like one of the units on the earlier picture, by the way.
Yes, I know what the external portion of an aircon looks like... I was hoping to see it in context.2
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