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I disagree - revenge best served cold. Go get formal planning permission and build what you are legally entitled to.

Yep. Neighbour should be irrelevant in this afaics.

So the next step is a full PP application, which I am near certain will not be stopped by a neighbour 200 feet away.

For me, the only change to windows than MVHR made, is none of the windows need trickle vents. Ihe amount of openings are determined by building regs and preferance. I would not want a room without an opening window. In summer it is nice to open windows for various reasons, and if they are decent windows then when shut they are sealed. I would make it all a choice based on what you like in a room and the only thing mvhr affects is no need for vents in the windows.

Sketchup design.. Finished shed..

To a certain extent it is. And how many people think that spending 5K extra on a kitchen will save them that on not eating out. What is the payback on a £800 bath compared to a £200 bath? Or a £1000 kitchen tap that boils water compared to a £50 one and a tenner for a kettle.

Nowhere is a pretty big place if all 3 of us are in the middle of it!

I agree with almost everything said. The planning officer seems to be being lazy and saying that if a neighbour objects under this scheme that is the end of it and not actually analysing it. If you apply for full planning permission that shouldn't happen. The vast majority of planning applications get some kind of objection that is not relevant and completely ignored by planning. Your neighbour thinks he is smart, but there is nothing can do to stop a full planning application. I personally don't think you would need a planning consultant as it should be straightforward, although you will need location plans etc drawn up. What direction is his house from your's? If you are south or west of him I would be planting a nice row of Leylandi along the fence to block out some of his light and so you don't have to look at him. There are high hedge rules, but a hedge can get very tall if his garden is 150ft long before it breaches the rules.

The list of "additions" you've stated there are included in a most contracts or at least should be, it sounds like you're trying to duplicate the information that should be given out as part of a tender pack and agreed in the contract?

Agreed. I hope winning this will be easier than you think.

Personally if it was me I might include a really really long thin plan down the side of an entire page to highlight how far away the troublemakers are, just to give the planners a giggle.

@Paris22 how about you post your plans up here, there is a wealth of knowledge about planning etc that may help and save the cost of a consultant (I paid a consultant for my planning fight and she was a waste of money).

I agree with all the above, ignore him and get full PP. Our neighbour objected to everything and delayed our build but the appeal officer said none of the objections were valid and we got what we wanted originally. that is not the case (I am very sure)as our neighbour objected but the reason was not valid in law!!!!

Thank you that is very helpful advice.

I would say you have 3 options to get this done. 1 - Reduce it to the size that is permitted Development. 2 - Persuade the neighbour. 3 - Go for full PP then if necessary Appeal if you think there are no relevant planning objections (I don't think there are based on what you have said) I would not worry about 2 and go for one of the others. As an aside you could take the Council through the complaints process (will take a lot of work and time and not get it built), or make them obey the law and do an evaluation of amenity before making a decision (talk to your local Councillor about them not following the process?). It may help to FOI for the evaluation using the bit of policy or law that requires it first. F

submit a planning application for the extension, if the objections aren't valid planning objections the planning officers won't take them on board - but that should also be the case on the prior notification scheme...? what is the nature of the objection?

That happened to us. Local glazier, finding our lane blocked, screamed blue murder at a 45 tonne piling rig: rang the police in front of us all. Poor bloke, he managed to make a real fool of himself in front of everyone. Especially when the super-helpful copper reminded him (he's a local) that our lane has two entrances or exits, and he could simply turn round and reach his customers by using the other entrance. The local copper popped in the other day.... we both giggled at the memory.

65mm from memory

Did ours ourselves (clay tiles). Felted and battened by the TF crew but we did the rest and saved a fortune in the process. But would I do it again? not so sure...

Is roofing Something most of us can’t tackle ourselves I had little experience in skating before myself and my wife slated our and the two double garages It took us about two weeks to do the house including the lead work and three day per garage We spent £150 on bumper hoist hire for a week I think there was around 300m2 The quotes we received had no baring to any kind of a day rate 12 -17 k both said allow 10% waste Rather than throw the bent slates off the roof I took nearly a 1000 back Saving about £1000 Something a roofer wouldn’t do

In advance of delivery dates, put polite notes through his door advising him of dates & times of deliveries. With apologies for any inconvenience and accepting responsibility for any mess damage etc.. Don’t make it formal eg it’s my right to do so. Just keep it informal and polite. Take a photo of you putting notes through his door in case he claims you never did and he phones police etc claiming obstruction if he’s that kind of person, or is looking for a bun fight. Also take photos and a walkthrough video of any existing damage in case he claims your deliveries did damage that was already there. He could In theory use that advance notice as an opportunity to create an obstruction, but if he did you’d have evidence for your side of things in case you needed to involve a solicitor or whatever for breach of deeds or whatever.

Put the hot water tank in there, its small heat loss will keep the cupboard warm.

Belated follow up and to clarify a few things - we have Full Planning Permission granted 31 Oct 2017. Therefore, @Temp CIL does not apply. I thought that I had to tell the planning department at the council that I had started. Turns out I don't need to. I contacted Cornwall Council - the lack of knowledge of what I needed to do (or not do in this case) was astounding. I got three different pieces of advice as to what I needed to do. The last message I got started "If you'd like ..." !!!! I spoke to my architectural engineer who lives and works in Cornwall and so is very familiar with the processes down there. He had just had the same situation with another client who had used a planning adviser, and it turns out the key is that building control (not planning) has a record that work has begun. As I am using Stroma for building control, this replaces Cornwall building control department, and so I have no need to tell the council I have started. I have the confirmation from Stroma that I have started before the end of the 3 year condition on the planning permission, and so can provide proof the condition was met if anyone asks. @DevilDamo, the extra 6 months was in the back of mind, but I felt it was better to get in before the original 3 year limit. @Ferdinand, glad you celebrated my start in a good way.

Yes the concrete stairs are expensive. I have clad them in timber before and extra for glass balustraded and stainless handrail. Also lining up treads with floor finishes can be tricky. You often have to screed the hollowcore to take out the camber, as well as batten the underside for plasterboard. Carpeted timber stairs are practical and inexpensive.

roofers who can slate I know on 200 and upwards a day if not price work. I think roofing is one of those things a lot of general builders have a go at and think they can do but are crap. Make sure they're coming via recommendation

Could you create a temp hard standing wide enough to allow the lorry to pull in enough to allow a car to pass on the other side?? Remove a bit of hedge, fence etc and dump a load of hardcore sitting on some membrane. When your finished you can reuse the hardcore where ever is needed.

Usual reason for a creaking stair is a lack of glue on the wedges and the tread joints which allows movement. If you get the joiner to glue the stairs together properly then you get little or no movement.

In terms of time, good workers on price can earn £400 a day if they graft. I recently had a team of 3 in for 5 days for site preparation at a cost of £5,000. They worked from 7:40AM to 5:00 PM with about 40 mins total break. They did the required demolition, cleared and disposed of all the timber, carefully stacked the paviours I needed to reuse and left the site neat and tidy every evening. The price was a piss take but worth it.

Sorry mate but that ain’t a shed it’s a bloody lodge, it’s bigger than the whole downstairs of my house would love something like that but I know the other half would paint it pink and make it hers ???

You don’t get one of those you get as much as you want. Nothing stopping you doing loft plus extension on PD. And a 7ft long penis on a panel at the end of the garden over his fence ... tastefully hidden from your view ...

Ask the neighbour what their price is to remove the objection. Most people will have a £ price that will change their mind.

It's not like it grows on trees...

What do you expect all 3 of you live in the middle of nowhere ??

This isn't a nightmare. Its normal. The problem you have has been faced by many tens of thousands of others in exactly similar circumstances. A 20 minute off-load will inconvenience nobody who has normal blood pressure levels. Even @Russell griffiths couldn't object. Tell your eighbours when the delivery is scheduled (note throught the door) a week in advance Yes. They could also be wheel-barrowed, handballed, trailered, moffetted, mini forklifted, pneumatic pallete lifted, rolled over scaffold poles, craned, children can be bribed, prisoners chained and forced to ... But leave the wife out of it eh? .... Don't ask.... safety ... is a matter for the builder (CDM 2015). Here is a recent thread for your consideration reasonable / fair ... you are new to this game aren't you? The fee will reflect the added difficulty. You are likely to face a series of greater challenges than this one. BuildHub will be there to support you, don't worry.

No probs. Just probing the potential gaps in the OP. Have spent too much time providing too many not quite the right answers to slightly the wrong questions :-). In this case pointing out a possible circumstance. Wotsit Thingamabob and his Unknown Unknowns have a lot to answer for. (*) F xx * would remember but the 12 bottles from Laithwaites arrived today and they are now minus 2/3 of a bottle of rather nice rather potent red. And there is nobody here except me and the paperwork. The paperwork is now slightly tipsy. Allegedly. Anyway, there are two of them so they must be.

I’ve got some enemies who could fill that ...