putting up fence-timber partition

alice001

Hi,
This is not exactly related to the thread but you all might be able to help. I've just bought an old council house and, as we speak, TODAY , my neighbour has put up timber partition, about 14 ft in height, which is blocking all the light out of my garden. He has done about half of it and disappeared, but he has put down posts to complete the rest. I've left in a note to ask him to stop because of the light. Does anyone know what my rights are ? It's a terrace house. H-E-L-P !

Poor Uncle Tom

If it's that height it needs planning permission.

alice001

Does it require planning even if it on his side of the exisitng boundary wall which is about 5ft in height?

Poor Uncle Tom

If the fence which is being erected is 14' high (4.2m) then it requires planning permission, regardless of where it is being erected, within the curtilage of a dwelling house.

alice001

what if he got planning befire I moved in ? Am I done for
then ?

Jimbo

It's fairly unlikely that they got planning permission for a 14' high boundary fence in a housing estate, but it can be easily checked if there were any recent planning permission applications on your local authority website.

If they haven't got planning permission, talk to your neighbour.
If that fails, inform your local authority of the unauthorised development. You should be able to do that anonomously.

alice001

Hi all,
Had a chat with the offending neighbour and he has agreed to take it all down. Glad I spotted it though, might have been a different story if it had been completely finished so, all's well that ends well and thanks for all your comments

Mr Yellow

Great to hear you got sorted.

One question though, why on earth was he putting up a 14 ft fence in the first place?? - pet giraffe?

muffler

Mr Yellow wrote: »

One question though, why on earth was he putting up a 14 ft fence in the first place?? - pet giraffe?

You're wasting a talent by posting on an internet discussion forum