Clearly the planners have got it wrong. They are measuring from the raised ground level not the natural ground level.
Whether they will do anything about it is another matter. I'm working on a case at the moment where a neighbour has doubled the size of their approved rear extension with a roof terrace on the top. The affected neighbour is simply asking for screening to the side of the roof terrace overlooking their garden but the planners are refusing to acknowledge that the extension is not in accordance with the approved plans.
The enforcement officer told me on the phone that he has been to site and the extension is as the approved plans. Clearly he is a moron and cannot read a plan, we not talking about it being slightly larger, it is twice the size. His justification was the plans show 1 window on the side elevation and the extension has 1 window. He doesn't seem to own a scale rule or a tape measure. This is the calibre of planning officers these days.
Whether they will do anything about it is another matter. I'm working on a case at the moment where a neighbour has doubled the size of their approved rear extension with a roof terrace on the top. The affected neighbour is simply asking for screening to the side of the roof terrace overlooking their garden but the planners are refusing to acknowledge that the extension is not in accordance with the approved plans.
The enforcement officer told me on the phone that he has been to site and the extension is as the approved plans. Clearly he is a moron and cannot read a plan, we not talking about it being slightly larger, it is twice the size. His justification was the plans show 1 window on the side elevation and the extension has 1 window. He doesn't seem to own a scale rule or a tape measure. This is the calibre of planning officers these days.