Right to privacy ?

dmurfs

Hi im just trying to find out whats the min distance a builder can build from my back door ?
this builder has built a house lookin right into my 2 bathrooms and its making me feel quite uncomfortable iv 3 kids in the house whoever buys the can just sit there looking in .
what can i do to fix this prob ?? any help would be great
thanks
dave

Effects

Did you lodge an objection to planning permission based on this distance?

Atlantic Dawn

As far as I know there would be no legislation to cover that, do you know how long ago planning permission was granted, did you have an opportunity to object?

On a side note to you have frosted/patterned glass on your bathroom windows? You can purchase self adshesive film to go on the windows that would distort view in to them.

ted1

dmurfs wrote: »

Hi im just trying to find out whats the min distance a builder can build from my back door ?
this builder has built a house lookin right into my 2 bathrooms and its making me feel quite uncomfortable iv 3 kids in the house whoever buys the can just sit there looking in .
what can i do to fix this prob ?? any help would be great
thanks
dave

Shouldn't your bathrooms be frosted or opaque glass?

sydthebeat

dmurfs wrote: »

Hi im just trying to find out whats the min distance a builder can build from my back door ?
this builder has built a house lookin right into my 2 bathrooms and its making me feel quite uncomfortable iv 3 kids in the house whoever buys the can just sit there looking in .
what can i do to fix this prob ?? any help would be great
thanks
dave

can we have a pic please?

if the builder is building a house and lets assume full planning permission, then im afraid youve missed the boat to object (unless hes doing something he has no permission for)

in an urban housing development situation there is a certain amount of over looking to be expected and something that can easily be solved with curtains, blinds of even a translucent film.

Angry bird

Rule of thumb is 22 metres between upper floor windows facing each other where gardens back to back in a housing estate for two storey dwellings. What's the current rear boundary

dmurfs

I know iv missed the boat with the planning but never guessed they would of got planning for this ..i have frosted glass in the bathrooms but the new building is only about 12 metres mine.
ill try get some pics up ! not great at this stuff
thanks guys
dave

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sydthebeat

dmurfs wrote: »

I know iv missed the boat with the planning but never guessed they would of got planning for this ..i have frosted glass in the bathrooms but the new building is only about 12 metres mine.
ill try get some pics up ! not great at this stuff
thanks guys
dave

if you already have frosted glass then whats the issue?

houses side by side can often be within 2.5 M of each other and still have frosted windows over looking each other

dmurfs

thanks guys !! \,,/

treade1

If it is a 2 storey house the norm is 22 metres from his upper storey windows to yours i.e. his upper storey windows should be 11 metres from the boundary wall. "any windows proposed at above ground level should be
not less than 11 metres from the boundary they face;"
http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/Publications/Doing%20work%20around%20the%20House%20-%20The%20Planning%20Issues.pdf

sydthebeat

treade1 wrote: »

If it is a 2 storey house the norm is 22 metres from his upper storey windows to yours i.e. his upper storey windows should be 11 metres from the boundary wall. "any windows proposed at above ground level should be
not less than 11 metres from the boundary they face;"
http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/Publications/Doing%20work%20around%20the%20House%20-%20The%20Planning%20Issues.pdf

thats requirements for building a "planning exempt extension"

this building has planning permission

treade1

Surely it should never of got planning permission if it doesn't comply with the 11 metre rule?

Effects

There's ways around the rule.

sydthebeat

treade1 wrote: »

Surely it should never of got planning permission if it doesn't comply with the 11 metre rule?

You can certainly get permission for things which aren't exempt.

That's actually the reason the system is there

Gumbo

treade1 wrote: »

Surely it should never of got planning permission if it doesn't comply with the 11 metre rule?

11m rule is there for exemptions, otherwise planning required.
Same goes for inner city houses with rear gardens the size of 15 Sq. M etc
Technically they cannot build any exempted development to the rear, but once they go for planning, 99% of them get granted.