Objecting to planning permission
Discussion
Any hints from people who have done this before.
Situation is this.
House converted to flats next door has a large garden. The owner now wants to put a new single storey addition to the property on the back of the current house to add another flat. He's done the usual trick and sent us a nice information pack with all the plans and a list of reasons why it should go ahead, disabled living, evironmentally friendly, using the funds from this property to tidy the current house that's mess.
I personally don't think there's any need for more flats in our road, the flat next door to me struggled to sell 6 months ago and ended up being rented out.
My main issues are that the modifications to the current house mean that there will be a new window added to the first floor flat that will look directly into our kitchen. Also there's already little parking and adding another property will potentially add 2 more cars on the street. Combine this with weekend seaside traffic and sometimes it's impossible to find a space.
It is also going to cause disruption to the area and more than likely all right outside my front door as all the access will be between the two houses.
Now I've never had to deal with anything like this before and could do with some pointers.
Cheers!
Situation is this.
House converted to flats next door has a large garden. The owner now wants to put a new single storey addition to the property on the back of the current house to add another flat. He's done the usual trick and sent us a nice information pack with all the plans and a list of reasons why it should go ahead, disabled living, evironmentally friendly, using the funds from this property to tidy the current house that's mess.
I personally don't think there's any need for more flats in our road, the flat next door to me struggled to sell 6 months ago and ended up being rented out.
My main issues are that the modifications to the current house mean that there will be a new window added to the first floor flat that will look directly into our kitchen. Also there's already little parking and adding another property will potentially add 2 more cars on the street. Combine this with weekend seaside traffic and sometimes it's impossible to find a space.
It is also going to cause disruption to the area and more than likely all right outside my front door as all the access will be between the two houses.
Now I've never had to deal with anything like this before and could do with some pointers.
Cheers!
You need to look through the local development plan for your area, (they are usual on your councils web page) write a letter of objection to the planning department quoting as many objections under the local development plan as you can find (not forgetting to quote the clauses) also noting that the window will look directly into your kitchen and the car parking issues.
As there are objections the planning application should then go to the planning committee at which point you and your nieghbour will be given 3 mins to state your case to the councilors who will then vote on a decision.
You will not have a great deal of time to write your letter so you need to make contact with planning department asap to find out the length of the public consultation period.
As there are objections the planning application should then go to the planning committee at which point you and your nieghbour will be given 3 mins to state your case to the councilors who will then vote on a decision.
You will not have a great deal of time to write your letter so you need to make contact with planning department asap to find out the length of the public consultation period.
What council are you under ?
Disruption from the works does not constitute a reason for refusal so don't mention that .
As a previous post , keep it to planning grounds only .
Off road parking and loss of privacy are high on the planners list , will it be overbearing on your property / garden, thats a good one ?
If there are a number of objections , the application will be listed and it will go to comittee , be careful , this is not always best.
Keep in contact with the planning office , they could be refusing it under delegated powers , but
if it goes to the blue rinse , they can ignore the planners recomendations and you could end up shooting yourself in the foot .
Disruption from the works does not constitute a reason for refusal so don't mention that .
As a previous post , keep it to planning grounds only .
Off road parking and loss of privacy are high on the planners list , will it be overbearing on your property / garden, thats a good one ?
If there are a number of objections , the application will be listed and it will go to comittee , be careful , this is not always best.
Keep in contact with the planning office , they could be refusing it under delegated powers , but
if it goes to the blue rinse , they can ignore the planners recomendations and you could end up shooting yourself in the foot .
ridds said:
Well outcome is that it's going ahead.
Window has been deleted from the plans, parking for 3 cars must be allocated on the property and the wind turbine was rejected.
Went and saw the objections from 10 local residents. Amazing what some people objected too.
despite window being deleted does the new structure imping on your right to light?Window has been deleted from the plans, parking for 3 cars must be allocated on the property and the wind turbine was rejected.
Went and saw the objections from 10 local residents. Amazing what some people objected too.
If this new structure leaves your kitchen in continual shade you may still have an objection unless you are happy that is with the changes.
To comply with right to light generally less than half the room must be in continual shade.
mark69sheer said:
ridds said:
Well outcome is that it's going ahead.
Window has been deleted from the plans, parking for 3 cars must be allocated on the property and the wind turbine was rejected.
Went and saw the objections from 10 local residents. Amazing what some people objected too.
despite window being deleted does the new structure imping on your right to light?Window has been deleted from the plans, parking for 3 cars must be allocated on the property and the wind turbine was rejected.
Went and saw the objections from 10 local residents. Amazing what some people objected too.
If this new structure leaves your kitchen in continual shade you may still have an objection unless you are happy that is with the changes.
To comply with right to light generally less than half the room must be in continual shade.
Complaints ranged from:
Noise from the windturbine, tiny thing, at the bottom of the garden. A good 25m from any property.
Rain water collecting tank, an underground one.
Dust.
Increased building traffic.
State of the current property.
Person to dwelling ratio calcualtions.
etc,
THese were all from people over 4-5 houses away.
mark69sheer said:
ridds said:
Well outcome is that it's going ahead.
Window has been deleted from the plans, parking for 3 cars must be allocated on the property and the wind turbine was rejected.
Went and saw the objections from 10 local residents. Amazing what some people objected too.
despite window being deleted does the new structure imping on your right to light?Window has been deleted from the plans, parking for 3 cars must be allocated on the property and the wind turbine was rejected.
Went and saw the objections from 10 local residents. Amazing what some people objected too.
If this new structure leaves your kitchen in continual shade you may still have an objection unless you are happy that is with the changes.
To comply with right to light generally less than half the room must be in continual shade.
bradders said:
Would need to check into this, but from distant memory, right to light has been replaced/revamped by visual amenity rulings - which do not include sunlight/shade.
Overshadowing is still a valid planning consideration. If it comes down to arguing whether something is acceptable of not, Planning Departments (or the Appeals Inspectorate) usually make reference to a BRE document called 'Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight - a good practice guide'. The methodology given in this document is quite complex, so I won't even begin to try to describe it here, but suffice it to say that it's complex enough to scare many small developers or Planning Officers into caving in when it is mentioned in relation to a planning objection, anyway....though you do get the occasional awkward bugger like me, who uses it as a tool to justify development, because if you know what you're doing, it's usually easy enough to prove that overshadowing is not a problem in pretty much all cases.
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