Adjacent Developer’s land

silvercar

Is your brick wall, of the house and rear garden, your boundary?

if so, what right of access do you have?

elsien

If the brick wall is your boundary, then what you feel they needed to do and what they feel they wanted to do are two different things. And is their decision to make. 

You wanted them to address the mess and they have,
If you own any of the strip of land between the brick wall and their land  then simply put your own fence/boundary marker up, 

Section62

elsien said:

If the brick wall is your boundary, then what you feel they needed to do and what they feel they wanted to do are two different things. And is their decision to make. 

You wanted them to address the mess and they have,
If you own any of the strip of land between the brick wall and their land  then simply put your own fence/boundary marker up, 

...subject to obtaining PP, if necessary.

They've only done 'wrong' if this area was part of a 'landscaping plan' as part of the original planning consent and they are still within the timeframe they were required to maintain it in accordance with the plan.

There may be an element of "let's deal with this once and for all" involved.

Albermarle

Section62 said:

elsien said:

If the brick wall is your boundary, then what you feel they needed to do and what they feel they wanted to do are two different things. And is their decision to make. 

You wanted them to address the mess and they have,
If you own any of the strip of land between the brick wall and their land  then simply put your own fence/boundary marker up, 

...subject to obtaining PP, if necessary.

They've only done 'wrong' if this area was part of a 'landscaping plan' as part of the original planning consent and they are still within the timeframe they were required to maintain it in accordance with the plan.

There may be an element of "let's deal with this once and for all" involved.

I thought that as well.
They probably decided they did not want to come every year to trim the bushes, and have made the area more low maintenance .

Section62

Albermarle said:

Section62 said:

elsien said:

If the brick wall is your boundary, then what you feel they needed to do and what they feel they wanted to do are two different things. And is their decision to make. 

You wanted them to address the mess and they have,
If you own any of the strip of land between the brick wall and their land  then simply put your own fence/boundary marker up, 

...subject to obtaining PP, if necessary.

They've only done 'wrong' if this area was part of a 'landscaping plan' as part of the original planning consent and they are still within the timeframe they were required to maintain it in accordance with the plan.

There may be an element of "let's deal with this once and for all" involved.

I thought that as well.
They probably decided they did not want to come every year to trim the bushes, and have made the area more low maintenance .

Yes, councils are doing the same kind of thing.  Properly maintaining a border like that (weeding/trimming) would probably involve two workers +van for half a day twice a year, as a minimum.

A triple mower could cut that area in about a minute over and above the time already taken to cut the adjacent grass, plus some occasional strimming/weedkiller around the edges.

jimbog

Is it possible they are looking to build on that land? 

elsien

Section62 said:

elsien said:

If the brick wall is your boundary, then what you feel they needed to do and what they feel they wanted to do are two different things. And is their decision to make. 

You wanted them to address the mess and they have,
If you own any of the strip of land between the brick wall and their land  then simply put your own fence/boundary marker up, 

...subject to obtaining PP, if necessary.

They've only done 'wrong' if this area was part of a 'landscaping plan' as part of the original planning consent and they are still within the timeframe they were required to maintain it in accordance with the plan.

There may be an element of "let's deal with this once and for all" involved.

Why would they need planning permission to put a fence up on their own boundary? Just out of interest. 

Section62

elsien said:

Section62 said:

elsien said:

If the brick wall is your boundary, then what you feel they needed to do and what they feel they wanted to do are two different things. And is their decision to make. 

You wanted them to address the mess and they have,
If you own any of the strip of land between the brick wall and their land  then simply put your own fence/boundary marker up, 

...subject to obtaining PP, if necessary.

They've only done 'wrong' if this area was part of a 'landscaping plan' as part of the original planning consent and they are still within the timeframe they were required to maintain it in accordance with the plan.

There may be an element of "let's deal with this once and for all" involved.

Why would they need planning permission to put a fence up on their own boundary? Just out of interest. 

Examples could be permitted development rights removed, or a condition requiring the whole of the area in front of the walls to remain open.

If there is truth in what the developer said about a planning condition (effectively) preventing them selling to the OP then it seems the appearance of this area is important to the local community/council and therefore there could be opposition to the land being enclosed by a fence.

That said, it would be a little out of the ordinary for a planning condition preventing land being sold (rather than controlling how the land is used) so I'd say it is far from certain what the full situation is.

Fig12

silvercar said:

Is your brick wall, of the house and rear garden, your boundary?

if so, what right of access do you have?

Yes I understand that my wall and the garden wall are my boundary. Access to the window ? You know I don’t know , formally . Window cleaners and decorators just go round there as needed. 

Fig12

user1977 said:

Why do you think you have any right to control what they have planted on their own land? Is there anything in your titles about it?

Only because it’s affected my privacy in my home . I need to check my titles , I presume this would be via my lender ?