Big Satellite Dish

jasonb

Hi all,

My apologies if this is in the wrong forum.

The side wall of my back garden is the back wall of my Neighbour's back garden ( if that makes sense ).

This neighbour has recently put up a Satellite Dish. He has it on his side of this wall, as far as possible from his house. And I imagine the reason he has it there is because it's very big. I'd say the Dish itself is approx. 2m in Diameter, and it's on a pole so that the top of the dish is approx. 4m from the ground.

So, from my back door window or my bedroom window, I have a huge satellite dish for a view.

I was just wondering, are there any recommendations / laws regarding dishes, the size of them, where they can be placed etc?

Thanks a lot...

Jason.

pa990

i think any dish over 90cm needs planning

jasonb

It's definitely over 90cm. I don't really mind them having the dish, if they had it up near their house, but I reckon they've placed it at the end of the garden so it's not an eyesore for them. But that makes it an eyesore for me.

J.

homer911

I suggest a phone call to your local planning dept..

watty

Only a dish attached to a building needs planning permission over 90cm. Unless it's very big. They can't put ANY size dish in front of house.

It may be at bottom of garden to get a Line of sight view and otherwise be blocked.

Also it can be painted any dull colour or even camouflage style. Talk to them.

If the dish faces you it can go closer to their house. If it faces them, then it can't go closer, but could have a screen wooden fence hiding it from you.

robdig

you dont need planning permission for anything regarding the back of your house

Tony

robdig wrote: »

you dont need planning permission for anything regarding the back of your house

Sorry but thats complete rubbish

Tony

Would it be possible to talk to the neighbour with your concerns?

jasonb wrote: »

It's definitely over 90cm. I don't really mind them having the dish, if they had it up near their house, but I reckon they've placed it at the end of the garden so it's not an eyesore for them. But that makes it an eyesore for me.

J.

kbell

homer911 wrote: »

I suggest a phone call to your local planning dept..

I suggest talking to your neighbour.

netwhizkid

jasonb wrote: »

Hi all,

My apologies if this is in the wrong forum.

The side wall of my back garden is the back wall of my Neighbour's back garden ( if that makes sense ).

This neighbour has recently put up a Satellite Dish. He has it on his side of this wall, as far as possible from his house. And I imagine the reason he has it there is because it's very big. I'd say the Dish itself is approx. 2m in Diameter, and it's on a pole so that the top of the dish is approx. 4m from the ground.

So, from my back door window or my bedroom window, I have a huge satellite dish for a view.

I was just wondering, are there any recommendations / laws regarding dishes, the size of them, where they can be placed etc?

Thanks a lot...

Jason.

I'd say do nothing, There are rather unclear European directives but AFAIK you can't stop him from receiving satellite signals. What your neighbour does in his back yard is quite frankly none of your business:(. What sort of view had you before he erected his dish, His lawn or maybe clothes line? Not exactly picturesque I bet.

Most likely if you start complaining your neighbour and you will fallout and end up feuding with him. For him to have a Dish this size leads me to believe he is either a foreign national picking up tv from his home and probably renting so may be gone in a year or two or if he is a Satellite Enthusiast like some of us here then consider yourself lucky if this is the only dish he puts up :pac:

Sorry for OT but my "backyard" is over 300 acres and if I put up a BUD (Big Ugly Dish) in my highest point 1,988ft I could probably receive signals for the verge of the horizon and the east coast of America, my nearest neighbour also lives over one and ¾ mile away so my experiences and yours are alot different but wheras my property is more like my fort and own country your case is obviously different and this and this is my backyard!:cool:

robdig

Tony wrote: »

Sorry but thats complete rubbish

how is that complete rubbish???

i suggest you back up your point in future if your going to disregard my statement

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/planning-permission/planning_permission_general

Tony

I dont need to back anything up in this case. Where on the page you linked to does it say you can do whatever you want at the back of your house without planning permission? I suggest you do some research before posting again. I did not disregard your statement I gave my opinion on it. I suggest we leave it at that as its highly likely the discussion will go off topic and will not help the OP with his problem.

robdig wrote: »

how is that complete rubbish???

i suggest you back up your point in future if your going to disregard my statement

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/planning-permission/planning_permission_general

byte

robdig wrote: »

how is that complete rubbish???

i suggest you back up your point in future if your going to disregard my statement

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/planning-permission/planning_permission_general

From the website you linked, no PP is needed if they're within these allowances:

# A TV aerial on the roof so long as it is less than six metres higher than the roof
# A satellite dish (up to one metre across the below the top of the roof) at the back or side of the house (a dish on the front needs planning permission). Only one dish may be erected on a house.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/housing/planning-permission/planning_perm_altering_a_house

So, a dish over 1m at rear of house needs planning permission.

netwhizkid

Tony wrote: »

I dont need to back anything up in this case. Where on the page you linked to does it say you can do whatever you want at the back of your house without planning permission? I suggest you do some research before posting again. I did not disregard your stament I gave my opinion on it. I suggest we leave it at that as its highly likely the discussion will go off topic and will not help the OP with his problem.

Maybe this may shed some light on the issue.

[EDIT]Beaten to it by byte[/EDIT]

watty

However the ambiguity is that the doc refers to a dish mounted on the back or side of the house. I've read the actual document. It doesn't cover the issue of a dish on a outbuilding, rear wall etc.

You can do some things without planning permission in backgarden:
Shed, Conservatory or Greenhouse up to a certain size.
Walls up to a certain height.

The neighbour can even put the dish inside a "shed" with plastic walls or a plastic sheet facing satellite and it would be a legal shed.

Only one dish may be erected on a house.

The 6m allowed for a TV aerial is scary and obviously dates from era of Analogue reception of BBC/ITV. I don't believe anywhere else allows a 6m pole on your chimney.

Technically one of these can be used as a BBC TV aerial



A smaller one possibly on a roof, but could be a "portable" setup in a field.

(both on http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/start1.htm )

You really need to talk to neighbour first.

Sam Radford

jasonb wrote: »

This neighbour has recently put up a Satellite Dish.

Can you upload a picture of it?
http://www.imageshack.us/