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Help with right of light, with new porch built?
Ruffer
Posts: 6 Forumite
Hi all,
Would appreciate if anyone has some knowledge on this as bit confused reading literature.
I live in a H shaped terrace, of four houses, I'm on the end so the long sticky out bit!
Two houses between, then last on end also sticky out.
My windows face to the front, and to the inside, so 90degree to my neighbour.
They have just knocked down their front conservatory, which was used as a porch.
It appears they will be building a new breeze block one.
This will stick out from their house, and block light into my side window. It's about 3metres away.
Want to know it's this allowed, or will it be covered under my right to light?
The previous conservatory due to being glass allowed light through.
It is a side window, but west facing so we get the evening sun. The two to the front are north and below a slope so don't get a lot of light compared to the side one. Hence don't want to lose this light.
Also of question next neighbour down had to put in for planning for their new porch. Would the immediate neighbour need to too, or not needed as conservatory already there?
We do not have a good relationship with them so asking isn't an option.
Just want to be informed beforehand.
Thanx.
Would appreciate if anyone has some knowledge on this as bit confused reading literature.
I live in a H shaped terrace, of four houses, I'm on the end so the long sticky out bit!
Two houses between, then last on end also sticky out.
My windows face to the front, and to the inside, so 90degree to my neighbour.
They have just knocked down their front conservatory, which was used as a porch.
It appears they will be building a new breeze block one.
This will stick out from their house, and block light into my side window. It's about 3metres away.
Want to know it's this allowed, or will it be covered under my right to light?
The previous conservatory due to being glass allowed light through.
It is a side window, but west facing so we get the evening sun. The two to the front are north and below a slope so don't get a lot of light compared to the side one. Hence don't want to lose this light.
Also of question next neighbour down had to put in for planning for their new porch. Would the immediate neighbour need to too, or not needed as conservatory already there?
We do not have a good relationship with them so asking isn't an option.
Just want to be informed beforehand.
Thanx.
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You need to familiarise yourself with the RtL rules and regulations. If in doubt, seek advice from a RtL Surveyor.0
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A conservatory is usually regarded as an "out building" so generally falls within permitted development. A porch with an area of less than 3m² would also fall under permitted development as long as it is a maximum of 3m in height. But there are rules regarding distance to boundaries that may trigger the need for planning permission.A quick call to your local council should provide answers to some of these questions.And thanks to some recent changes to legislation, should this porch be in breach of planning (or building) regulations, the council have up to ten years to take enforcement action. The scale of penalty charges for non-compliance has also increased dramatically. So if the neighbour is trying to cut corners, it could end up being a very expensive mistake.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.2 -
Does the new porch block light into a 'habitable' room, or is it into a hall or bathroom etc.?0
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Into our kitchenBungalowBel said:Does the new porch block light into a 'habitable' room, or is it into a hall or bathroom etc.?0
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