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Thanks all, that confirms what my thinking was.

Thanks. I guess that's what I was hoping what i'd not have to do, as it would beed to be resubmitted again (or at least materially changed) again in future.

It is for full planning and the proposed house does have windows that would overlook our site, which is why I'd like to know if we have a right to suggest, eg, frosted glass and whether planners would have to consider that, or they could ignore it on the basis of us having no current residence or active planning in place. We're not ready to resubmit our plans yet.

Thanks, yes, that was my thinking. But, do I have any rights in this matter? ie. do they have to take that representation into account?

Hi, We own a plot that previously had approved planning permission that has since expired (last year). As part of that approved plan, the house had to take neighbours privacy into account (eg, to ensure no overlooking from windows). There is an existing (occupied) house to the left side of the plot, and another plot on right hand side. That right hand side plot is owned by another party and also has historically had approved planning that has since expired (last year). The plot on the right hand side now has a new planning application in process. Since we do not have a house on our plot, or an active planning application in process (Covid has meant we've had to put our build on hold, but we do plan to pick it up again in future), we are not on the neighbour notification list. What rights (if any) do we have with regards to asking/ensuring that the planners take our future privacy into account when considering this new application. Had we had a house in place, or active planning submission being considered, I believe there would be some restrictions on window placement/transparency, as these restrictions were in place for the plans for both plots prior to each expiration. We do not want to stop or hinder this build - i really like what they are planning on doing, but want to ensure we're protecting our own position for when we do come to build. My initial thought was to write to the planners asking them to consider our position with respect to privacy/overlooking, whilst being generally positive about the prospect of the build, but thought i'd see if the experience on here would suggest otherwise. Any thoughts on an approach? Is there anything anyone would recommend we do or consider? We are in Scotland (in case that makes any difference)