My Neighbour has a planning application that would require the builders to erect scaffolding in my garden. Can they do this?

[kjmoran]

[bookbinder]

Not without your consent, I would have thought. It would have been nice if your neighbour had mentioned it to before he/she put the application in.

[brenda]

Definitely not without your agreement.. Get in touch with your local planning dept at once and tell them you do not agree to this proposed plan.

[woofgang]

Are you sure that there are no rights of way or agreements on your house that will permit this? Sometimes houses are built in such a way that access to the back or side is limited and then covenants can be put into the house deeds to allow access for such things as building works.

[mollykins]

don't you like them? if they need your permission and you don't get along, deny access.

[McMouse]

Why would you object to the scaffolding if your garden was properly restored afterwards?

[ummmm]

I'm with McMouse......Why say no?

[mollykins]

i doubt my parents would let our neighbours on one side put scaffolding up in our garden.

[naomi24]

If the neighbour has applied for planning permission, I would have thought the planning department at the local council would have written to you to ask for your views before granting it. In my experience they usually contact the owners of any properties that could be affected.

Why would you object to scaffolding being erected in your garden short term? If my neighbours wanted to build something that didn't affect my property, I wouldn't see that as a problem.

[ChuckFickens]

Woofgang has given the correct answer, but I agree, why would you say no unless you are trying to be awkward.

(though also agree it would have been politer for them to mention to you at the start)

[woofgang]

Well if it was me it would be difficult, I have two dogs and they have the run of the garden. If there were workmen in the garden, they would have to be kept in...might manage it for a day or two but certainly not longer and deffo not for someone who didn't even have the courtesy to ask.

[bushbaby_de]

There is no point contacting the planning department if this is your only objection - they cannot refuse planning permission just because you object to where the scaffolding would go. Even if they get planning permission they would need your permission to use your land for the scaffolding (unless your deeds say otherwise) so ask them how they propose to go about it etc and take it from there.

[woofgang]

bushbaby I am not sure about that. Our council sends us detail of planning requests that would affect us (eg neighbour lopping trees) so we can comment if we wish. I don't think it would hurt to contact the council...the neighbour might have lied in his teeth and said that the OP had agreed to access.

[Garmard]

Unless it's a gantry for some giant rocket then it should be quite painless.

[tamborine]

not without your permission. Maybe you could use their need to your advantage ie for payment or some of your own repairs ?

[bushbaby_de]

Woofgang -I am a planning officer so I know what I'm talking about. A neighbour's objection to the placement of scaffolding is not a material planning consideration and plays no part in assessment of the proposal. It doesn't matter if the applicant says they have the neighbour's agreement or not. However if the neighbour's permission is required for the scaffold, they can refuse to give it, even if planning permission has been granted. But it won't prevent permission being granted if the application is otherwise ok.

[boxtops]

Our next door neighbours on both sides needed scaffold access when each of them have work done (we are mid-terrace). It was no problem, the men came in, put the stuff up, did the job, took in down again. Minimal reinstatement of where the scaffold was footed. However as others have said, checking the need to do it with you first would have been a common courtesy, not taken as a right.

[woofgang]

I am not saying that the council would have refused, just that in my area of Hampshire, if permission might affect neighbours then they are contacted and invited to comment

[boxtops]

Yes, us too woofgang, but they send us the application, plans info etc., which are not always specific about exactly how the works might be undertaken - the placing of scaffold is surely not shown in a planning proposal.

[bushbaby_de]

Woofgang, the OP does not wish to comment on the content of the planning application - they are specifically wishing to object to the scaffolding, which is NOT a planning consideration. If they don't like the size/design/siting they can of course object.

[woofgang]

then I wonder how he knows about theneed for scaffolding