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I'm in the process of completing my rear extension and awaiting sign-off from the building control - everything this far has been ok and we expect the final sign-off tomorrow. My neighbour is now having objections to its size due to a dispute over the party wall (thats a different story). When we agreed to build and have a shared party wall at the extension of the property, our build was always going slightly further than next door's. They were aware of this although we didn't notify them in writing or conduct a neighbour consultation as the extension reaches 3.5m from the rear. We rather naively thought our verbal agreements were enough and we were ill advised on what we needed to obtain - big lesson learnt here! Now over a dispute they are raising objections over the extension and we are concened about what might happen if they raise it with the local authority. I've looked around and can't find any advice for someone who has not consulted neighbours after they have finished the build. While they obviously have a right to object (and we now know we should have tackled this properly in pre-build), it has come more out of spite from a disagreement rather than any real objection since they are also extending, but only to 3m.
Thanks
I'm in the process of completing my rear extension and awaiting sign-off from the building control - everything this far has been ok and we expect the final sign-off tomorrow. My neighbour is now having objections to its size due to a dispute over the party wall (thats a different story). When we agreed to build and have a shared party wall at the extension of the property, our build was always going slightly further than next door's. They were aware of this although we didn't notify them in writing or conduct a neighbour consultation as the extension reaches 3.5m from the rear. We rather naively thought our verbal agreements were enough and we were ill advised on what we needed to obtain - big lesson learnt here! Now over a dispute they are raising objections over the extension and we are concened about what might happen if they raise it with the local authority. I've looked around and can't find any advice for someone who has not consulted neighbours after they have finished the build. While they obviously have a right to object (and we now know we should have tackled this properly in pre-build), it has come more out of spite from a disagreement rather than any real objection since they are also extending, but only to 3m.
Thanks
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