Planning Applications

[Bingo99]

I've just found out (from a council website) that a neighbour has obtained planning permission for a single storey rear extension as well as a roof extension.

Should neighbours have been informed of this or is it enough for it to be featured on the website?

Thanks

[ummmm]

If it has no effect on your property I can't see why you'd have to be informed?

[bednobs]

the council usually put up orange notices (round here anyway) and that is their way of informing you

[heathfield]

With my council, a letter of intent has to be sent by the applicant to all of the immediate neighbours.

[jackthehat]

The Planners usually send a letter to the neighbours whom may be directly affected by the development, in order to give them opportunity to register and objections, or raise any queries.

How close to you is your neighbour, and would you have objected?

[FredPuli43]

Posting it on a website is not sufficient. Your council is bound to bring the plans to the attention of any resident who may be affected by the development. They always say that plans may be inspected at the Council offices, within working hours, which is not very helpful, but there the website does come in handy because you can generally get the picture from a link.

This notice is achieved by a written notice displayed outside the property itself, which probably suffices because passers-by may see it. In addition councils send a notice to those obviously affected. These are somewhat difficult to define. I had one about a development well over a mile away, but it may be I was potentially affected by the noise of building work (!). More likely the site owned was large, though the plans only for one distant part of it, and it happened to be on the far side of a river to which my farm was a riparian owner, though my house was a long way away.

[Kathyan]

Next door applied to extend his garage from single to double. It didn't affect us but we got a letter telling us that he had applied.

[atalanta]

I have twice received letters about proposed developments, but only those which share a fence with me. Any next-door-but-one proposals should be posted on the nearest lampposts, with an offer of plans to be viewable at the council offices. I have to say that my objections were taken seriously in all cases, and modifications had to be made to the plans which would have affected my property, my sunlight and my parking.
I can't believe it was lawful for you to be left out of the consultation, if the neighbour shared a fence with you. If there was no shared boundary, there should have been notices posted where you could not miss them.

[Bingo99]

The neighbour is a couple of doors along, so probably no great issue. More concerned for their immediate neighbour who was unaware of this.

Thanks to everyone though. I may well have a quick word with the council.

[malagabob]

I was informed that if it did not contravene any building regulations, a person does not have to get any planning approval/notify neighbours, ie a person can have built a rear extension if it is 70 cubic metres or less. Maybe someone can confirm this.