woodman23

Thanks, that’s really helpful. I’ve contact building control at the council, hopefully they may take some action, otherwise I’ll contact HSE

Will a retaining wall on its own be strong enough to support this? The schedule of works says there should be 1.2m steel box sections erected to support the walls with shuttering

Planning permission doesn’t say much at all, while thing has been sketchy from the start. they aren’t building right up to the fence, but putting in a retaining wall to support it. Main concern at the moment is the fact no shuttering or support has been installed at all, and we’ve been told they have concrete being poured on Thursday

They’ve dug out so that it’s all level with the extension, as the garden goes uphill. our path is directly next to the fence, so this would potentially fall into their excavated area. when they began work I contacted the council as there was no building control case for the extension, and they informed me that nothing had been submitted. After the council said they would go round and inspect an application was sent in, but this still hasn’t been approved as the council said it would take around 5 weeks, this was only 2 weeks ago.

Hi All, Looking for some advice. Our neighbours are carrying out an extension to their property. The builders have been excavating for the last 3 weeks or so. In their schedule of works provided in our party wall agreement, they’ve stated shuttering would be installed in stages to support the area. In the picture, our property is to the left of the fence, the excavation depth is currently around 2m below our path, with no support current installed. On the opposite side, they are using some OSB and the weight of their dumper to support an old garden wall. would this be classed as a dangerous structure? Or does anyone know where building control would sit if they were aware of this? Also to add, they haven’t yet had building regs approval for their application. Cheers