It's not for me but for a friend of mine. There is a development going on behind his house, which he isn't all that happy about but he understands that that is the way of these things.
The issue is that one of the houses ( and possibly another one thats yet to be started ) is being built on land thats been scraped up and the house stands over 3m higher than it otherwise would have done.
It looks down directly onto his house. It is probably 20m away but I'm not sure of the exact distance.
The garden of the new house will be on some of the piled up ground such that anyone in the garden will look like they are standing on top of his 6' hedge. Looking directly down into the living rooms and horizontally directly into the bedrooms. If they should stick a 6' fence in he will have a 12' screen behind his house which ranges 20' to less than 10' from his house. That seems unreasonable to me.
Especially as before this he had a clear view over the Wharf Valley. I have read that no one has the 'right' to a view but they do have a right to the 'amenity' a view provides. Whatever that means.
He has asked me to attend a meeting tomorrow at noon being held at his house which will include developers, local MP's assistant and probably someone from the council.
Naturally the planners, and the LA Planning Dept. are sticking to the story that it's all been passed in accordance with the regs. but there are reasons to think that this isn't the case.
Any information as to what the actual planning laws allow.
It's very short notice I know but I've only just been asked.
The issue is that one of the houses ( and possibly another one thats yet to be started ) is being built on land thats been scraped up and the house stands over 3m higher than it otherwise would have done.
It looks down directly onto his house. It is probably 20m away but I'm not sure of the exact distance.
The garden of the new house will be on some of the piled up ground such that anyone in the garden will look like they are standing on top of his 6' hedge. Looking directly down into the living rooms and horizontally directly into the bedrooms. If they should stick a 6' fence in he will have a 12' screen behind his house which ranges 20' to less than 10' from his house. That seems unreasonable to me.
Especially as before this he had a clear view over the Wharf Valley. I have read that no one has the 'right' to a view but they do have a right to the 'amenity' a view provides. Whatever that means.
He has asked me to attend a meeting tomorrow at noon being held at his house which will include developers, local MP's assistant and probably someone from the council.
Naturally the planners, and the LA Planning Dept. are sticking to the story that it's all been passed in accordance with the regs. but there are reasons to think that this isn't the case.
Any information as to what the actual planning laws allow.
It's very short notice I know but I've only just been asked.