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It’s not for emotional reasons. law clearly states that you cannot have an adverse affect on neighbours amenity rooms. My kitchen is in the middle of my house. One window to the side. His extension, PD I accept, will block window. so to update this post as some thought I was being petty trying to protect my little 1400sqft house when he already has a 5000sf ft and large plot... I paid for a right to light survey... and it will do injury to several rooms but mainly kitchen.... so by law I can either get an injunction to stop him building OR the specialist said he can build but pay damages.... just to confirm I told my neighbour I was going to do this as I don’t want a dark kitchen which is artificially lit.... anyways... he too had an independent right for light assessment... his guy had same outcome as my guy.... my guy found the significant injury would be around £45k compensation HIS guy said more like £50k told them I don’t want the money and to just not black the windows so he has agreed to not do a 26m wide extension but to do a 22m wide which will result in no injury to the right for light. He’s happy he gets to build and not pay me £50k to do so... I’m happy as I get to keep natural light to kitchen... I don’t get a penny off him but was never about money. so I’m not being petty in wanting to protect my property on a very narrow plot. As I said if the houses were more spaced out I wouldn’t have a problem. But a solution has been found

His plot is over 40m wide. His house is right on the boundary about 1m from my house. I don’t think he’ll add value as it’ll make mine harder to sell as my kitchen (middle house with one side window which will be blocked!) will be dark and dingy. Without spending a small fortune (I’m not planning renovating as spent fortune just to get this house a year ago!)(funds empty!) moving drainage, water etc and reconfiguring my whole downstairs this will really affect our amenity areas. Why should I have to use artificial light to cook etc in just for someone else’s gain. i just think people should be more fair on neighbours. So we can live peacefully. In comparison my 11m wide plot with only a 0.9m walkway to one side will not take a 8m rear extension. Not unless I want a dark dingy house in the center. I also wouldn’t do it as the neighbours on my other side would loose all light from theirs and I’m just not like that. maybe if the houses were set further apart... but this 8m rule for detached is stupid when there’s 45ish cm between me and one neighbour and under a metre between me and the one I want to object!!! maybe your neighbours were further away from you big jimbo? Too be honest... if mine were just 2-3 m more away from us I wouldn’t have an issue.

Hi all, would anyone be able to advise... short story... live in green belt with 30% max permitted uplift on original house. Neighbour had several planning apps refused because of this (always asking for around 109-159%) he’s now put in for the PD 8m extension. As his direct neighbour I have 21 days to object but can anyone help me with what grounds? Same as planning? Ironically green belt then goes out the window and if agreed he’ll get an 83% increase ? government didn’t really think this out did they! I am all for improving your home but in a sympathetic and law abiding way. his extension would block light to my kitchen which is on the side on my house in the middle and I’d look out onto a brick wall ? notes: neighbours never showed us plans before submitting any of them. Refused when we offered to talk about it. His house is already 6 bedrooms and 29m wide doors as you can appreciate 29x8m extension is huge, ugly joe he’s doing it and wouldn’t get past planning so PD it is ?