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Thank you all for your advice. I’m now waiting for the planning officer to come out to view. So will update here once I’ve got an answer.

@Roundtuit thank you for responding- the PO wants photos rather than a site visit.

@Russdl thank you for responding. Can you tell me what a retrospective planning application would involve?

I don’t know any details about the complaint. I just want to know what to do for the best. Even if it means taking the whole build down or do just need to lower the roof? Both my immediate neighbours knew about the build and have been fine.

Hi everyone Newbie here with an issue with my diy summerhouse build. I’ve built this at the top of my garden. The ground is very uneven and drops away from right to left and back to front. Even my house floor level is over 3 1/2ft from garden level at one end from my back door. The build is 2.5m high along the back from the ground up but on raised decking to the front, making the overall height at this point 2.8m. We are just under 1m from the side fencing and 2m from the rear. I’ve now received a breach of planning letter from the council as someone has lodged a complaint. I’ve spoken to the planning officer but he wasn’t very clear and just quoted the regulations under Class E. Could someone tell me if I’m too high at the front as what constitutes the ground in the case. Should I have built from 2.5m at all 4 corners? It has a flat roof. It’s a wooden frame construction built with 12mm ply and insulation board. We didn’t dig the ground out to level as my rear neighbour has well established 80ft trees along their fence line. Any advice would be appreciated.