Double storied rear extension - possibility of rejection from council

Tsst

Hi all,

We live in a semi detached 3 bed property in London borough of Bromley. We intend to do a double storied rear extension with maximum possible approved limits. While one side is a part wall semi detached neighbour, the other side is a detached property. The detached property was built quite recently ( in the last 30 years or so ) and its original house depth itself is around 7-8 metres from the current rear wall of my property ( pretty much blocking a good deal of sunlight on my current rear wall facing windows ). Ours is a south ( slightly south east ) facing garden and accordingly the impact of this block is not pressing.

My major concern is the side walls on this property. It has 2 side walls with obscured glass windows for a bathroom and utility area overlooking my patio. If I were to extend even 3 metres to the rear, it will most likely block these side windows. The total distance between their side wall and ours should be around 8-9 ft.

Can someone shed light on the possibility of rejection from the council for this extension? Also do the neighbours of this detached property have valid grounds for objection?

Thank you for time in helping me with this

Tsst

Tsst said:

Hi all,

We live in a semi detached 3 bed property in London borough of Bromley. We intend to do a double storied rear extension with maximum possible approved limits. While one side is a part wall semi detached neighbour, the other side is a detached property. The detached property was built quite recently ( in the last 30 years or so ) and its original house depth itself is around 7-8 metres from the current rear wall of my property ( pretty much blocking a good deal of sunlight on my current rear wall facing windows ). Ours is a south ( slightly south east ) facing garden and accordingly the impact of this block is not pressing.

My major concern is the side windows on this property. It has 2 side windows with obscured glass windows for a bathroom and utility area overlooking my patio. If I were to extend even 3 metres to the rear, it will most likely block these side windows. The total distance between their side wall and ours should be around 8-9 ft.

Can someone shed light on the possibility of rejection from the council for this extension? Also do the neighbours of this detached property have valid grounds for objection?

Thank you for time in helping me with this

Minor correction - not "2 side walls", but "2 side windows"

grumbler

you can edit your first post - top right corner.

Then you can delete the second one - the same

Tsst

grumbler said:

you can edit your first post - top right corner.

Then you can delete the second one - the same

For some reason I dont see any option to edit my post. Possibly because I am a newbie to this forum ?

grumbler

Not sure, may be it's different for the very first post in a thread.

For normal posts it's a 'gear wheel', but sometimes it's invisible. Try hoovering over the right end of the greenish bar above the post.

Tsst

No luck! Pretty much tried everything before I responded to my own post earlier.