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Put the master suite across the back of the house and move bedroom 2 to the front of the house. The two rear gables are that close to being equal that they look odd. Equal them up. The porch is a wee bit twee as well.

The front and rear elevations look like two different houses. And what’s the craic with the funny angled kitchen/dining and covered patio?

@lookseehear My latest option. Not convinced about the front elevation - I would like to retain as much as the exiting original fabric as possible.

lol at batshit crazy!

Trocal.

Try Glidevale continuous soffit vents.

Nope. Personally I think you are mad to swop over the bedrooms and living spaces.

Don’t forget to make a Building Control Application.

Thanks.

No problem. I think the problem is that your neighbour told the planners that he owned the land - they took him at his word and gave permission. I was trying to find your neighbour’s application but can’t. I’d be keen to see their application form just to get to the bottom of what they did say if you want to PM a copy if you have it or PM me the application number - only if you are comfortable to do so. At the end of the day you own the land and you should let the neighbour know that his access is crossing your land. He could have made a mistake or assumed it was public road.

I think you should get some legal advice. Unfortunately the planners can only go by the information that the applicant puts in the application form and if your neighbour stated that he owned or controlled the land (which he did by virtue of outlining the access including your bit of the lay-by in red) the planners have to accept that as the truth. At best your neighbour and his agent have misled (either intentionally or mistakenly) the planners and have at worst lied about what land they control in order to secure planning permission. Speak to you neighbour and let him know that his access is crossing your land and that although you have given consent for visibility sight splays you have not consented to the new access crossing your lay-by. In any case you really should have a legal agreement drawn up stating that you own the land and that he has a right of way over it - if this is what you end up doing.

I certainly think you should talk to the planners and let them know that you own the land needed for next doors access.

The lay-by is a typical house in the countryside access. The red line of the neighbouring application for the sight splays seems to cross your lay-by and the new access seems to come across your lay-by as well. I think you need to speak to the planners and explain this to them. Have you got a copy of your deed map that you can show the,. You might need to overlay what you own onto the application map for the property next door. Whatever happens if your neighbour needs access across your land he will have to get your consent. He may not even know that the map shows his access across your lay-by or that his visibility splays cross your land.

What do you own? Can you shade in the area that you actually own outright.

All that means is that getting planning permission doesn’t mean they own the land.

Make the kitchen dining and living a single volume. Put the bathroom in the middle of the bedrooms - saves a hike from bedroom 1. Relocate the stairs and have the second floor above the bedrooms only.

My plan has a particular massing to reduce the overall impact of a square house.

If you want I will design it for you. Just let me know.

Can you check the application to see if they stated that they owned the land? In which case you should contact the Council (Mid-Ulster Council?) and let them know that the application is incorrect.

This just means that they will need to get separate consent for anything other than what is indicated on the RM Application. Don’t forget this is NOT a condition of the RM Application - only an Informative.

Don’t forget that planning only ask for a statement of ownership not proof that the land is actually owned by the applicant. It really sounds like your neighbour has put the red line across land that you own and has signed the application to say that he owns the land. I have seen this quite a few times where an agent just assumes that the applicant owns the land required for an access and visibility splays or even just ignores the fact that visibility splays are needed and just puts a red line around the site excluding the access. AsI said earlier - look at the planning portal and see where the red line is. Alternatively post the reference and I will have a look.

@FreddieW

Firstly - if you own ANY part of the land your neighbour proposes to cross they will need YOUR consent irrespective of what the planners have granted. Secondly - I have a feeling that your neighbour might have included part of your land within his red line which the planners have now granted approval for. You need to get hold of the planning site plan and location map and see where your neighbour’s red line is and how the access has been designed.