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Thanks tony1851, that's a very useful tip. I think it might be well worth our while getting a local planning consultant to come and have a look. Yes it seems to be only the outrigger part they are complaining about.

Here's an image, the bit the council are not happy with is the big door window whereas the rest on the left (with drainpipe coming down) is setback

Ps one other odd thing is that it's only the small part of the L shape (main bedroom Juliette balcony/window) that isn't set back. He's set back the main part of the L (bathroom and small bedroom).

To wessex101 yes the vendor is doing other properties in the borough. In fact when we talked to the planning office last week they said they were aware of his activities (in a negative way). This has all given me some ammunition for when we talk to our solicitors that did the conveyancing...

Thanks all. I'll read these in detail later. Good tip about the searches, I have the search results in a file. So a complaint by the council to the property owner should show up in the searches done during conveyancing? It seems such a minefield. We bought the house in good faith thinking we...

Thanks. He is still around as doing other properties in the borough. But how liable would he be - I guess he would say to the best of his knowledge he did it under PD.

Hello, Looking for some advice. We bought a house just under a year ago which had had a ground floor extension and loft conversion done under permitted development. Around Christmas 2016 the local council planning office got in touch to say they were acting on a complaint made about the loft...