Neighbours Illegal Development

[Ant4300]

Hi,

A neighbour some doors up from me has started to construct a large (6m x 2.5m) raised decking area with surrounding wall at the rear of their garage. This is on council land as the end of their garage is where their property ends. They are essentially building it in the rear access driveway that goes round the back of the houses for vehicular access to garages etc. Aside from it not being their land to build on, it will restrict access to vehicles in the rear driveway and is very selfish. Access wont be fully blocked but still very much restricted. They seem to think that nobody will challenge them about it so they can do what they like (that is their attitude full stop anyway). If this was reported to the council, will they actually do anything about this? Thank you.

 

[Betdo]

check to see if he/she had planning permission with the council. Unless he owns the land/property. Take a photo to submit to the planning dept,.

 

[Ant4300]

I have checked the land registry (have access via my job) and they do not own the land. It is Council property.

 

[^woody^]

Report them and find out

 

[Nakajo]

I have checked the land registry (have access via my job) and they do not own the land. It is Council property.

Just to note that everyone has access to the land registry; there's just a modest fee for downloading title plans.

 

[Ant4300]

Yes you correct about the land registry access. Have spoken with a couple of neighbours who hadn't yet noticed what was going on and they agree it is totally unacceptable. Will be speaking to the council next week and wait to see what they say.