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  1. Have you had the artex tested for asbestos?
  2. If the covenant is made between two named parties and there is no mention of successors in title, then if both parties are no longer in existence/living then the covenant would be unenforceable as there is nobody to enforce it. A Solicitor can get this removed from the deeds. However, covenants are not straight forward, so you need to get expert advice, which is unlikely to be available from an internet forum, given the lack of detail you have provided. You might wish to do a little detective work. If the property you are reasearching was maybe a housing estate development or a 'land grab' from a larger estate then you can download the deeds of neighbouring properties. The title deeds are available from the land registry site, but don't use any third party sites as they are a rip off. The fee, as I recall, is £3 for a downloadwd copy. The land registry title documents were digitised around 2000, so if the property you are searching for hasn't been bought/sold or been subject to a mortgage or charge within the past 20 odd years the deeds will likely still be in paper format. You will require a different route to get sight of titles in paper format. Sight of neighbouring properties title deeds may throw some light on whether any properties are linked to yours by way of covenants. That could add complexity.
  3. You appear to have looked at your 'Local Plan' - they will have a policy in respect of replacement buildings and maybe restrictions on percentage increases in footprint or height. You need to reference this in your submission. If the plans change the access for vehicles to their site or impair parking or turning there will be reference to requirements in the Local Plan and if this is so, again reference in your submission if it breaches them. Visibility splays are a good starting point. If the site is currently in conflict with access requirements but they don't intend on changing to the detriment, then the planning officer will likely 'ignore' any objection on those grounds. If there are any protected species that you know of nearby, then point this out and ask where the ecology mitigation report is. In respect of being overlooked, you should request that any ground floor fenestration of a greater area should not be entertained and any 1st floor should not have windows overlooking your property. Your parish or borough council may have restrictions on boundary heights, if they do it will probably be 2m, but that may only apply to boundaries to a public highway. Some councils have no restrictions. The position of the public sewer would not normally be a planning issue, more to do with building control, but still mention that your neighbor's proposal would conflict with the guidance. Your chances of getting an application for a replacement building refused are probably zero. You can however make life 'difficult', and the planners will be respectful of your loss of amenity. You can delay things by drip feeding your objections in. If there a drawing revisions or additional information added to the application, make comments about them if you have any to make. The Planning Department put a time restriction on the receipt of comments but in my experience have always allowed comments well after the expiry date. You can check that with the planning officer allocated to the application. You can also ask when the planning officer is going to visit the site and can he be available to listen to your concerns. I believe they can refuse, but it is unlikely they will. Probably the best outcome for you will a scaling down of the building and a planning delay of a year or so. Falling out with your neighbors is likely, but it sounds like your not best pleased with them anyway.
  4. Uniblock do a pre-cut system. If you submit pre-planning drawings of your proposed building they will come up with of 'cost effective' means of constructing it. with their systems, so maybe some slight adjustments to design to reduce wastage and cutting. The blocks are all cut and numbered at their factory, so no waste! All you have to do is put them together - what could go wrong? I've not used the company but it would appear to simplify construction, but I'm guessing at a premium - which may well be worth paying.
  5. I don't think I explained myself to well, so here's a bit more detail. The void warm roof space is a pitched roof with an internal ridge height of 2m. This is not a habitable space as that could breach a covenant, and is designed to make conversion very difficult. All that will be in the void space will be service runs, to include the MVHR ducting which will run over the rafters. It is intended to ventilate the void space with the MVHR as well as the living quarters below. So, I will have an airtight box <1ACH The void roof space will have no windows. I'm going to end up with about 44 down lighters, that the fittings would be air sealed taped. On reflection I'm thinking this may not be required as both the habitable and void spaces will be serviced by MVHR, so does it actually 'matter' if the down lighters aren't airtight? What do the good people of Buildhub think? Thank you in advance for your help.
  6. Wonder if anyone could advise. Single story ICF build with warm roof - so an airtight 'box'. MVHR will circulate both the ground floor living space and the roof space void. I wish to do this in order to reduce the condensation risk of an infrequently visited space. Most of the lighting will come from down lighters. So the question is do all the cut outs for the down lighters need to be taped up and made airtight? Thanks in advance.
  7. For comparing electrical consumer products try: - https://www.sust-it.net/energy-saving/fridge-freezers&ds=0&cf=0&cl=1&ss=0&sort=0 You can search by annual running cost; total cost of ownership; purchase price For some reason your (IKBP3560) doesn't get a mention, but you might find the site useful if you don't already use it.
  8. In regards to 2. the documents are copyright so you can't submit them piecemeal, you can refer to them in any submissions. If you need to submit documents to support your application, consider using the same companies that did the 2014 application.
  9. You should be able to comment online. Go through the comments tab on the Application Summary, login or register and then off you go. Whether you want to get into a 'spat' with your objector is up to you. Any comments you make should be limited to planning issues only. I would be wary about commenting, the Planning Officer will make contact if the Objection has any bearing on his/her determination.
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