"Lee and Kath" wrote in message
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Our neighbour is hoping to build a bungalow on his back garden. I think it
is going to butt up
against our hedge boundary, pretty much.

What effects can we expect from this and are there any grounds for
objections to planning
permission? We also have one field maple, and a wild cherry close to the
boundary (but not the
existing buildings), which we planted for the birds.

Kath

If he already has Planning Permission. Nothing

If he has not got planning permission the only things you can protest about
are, over development, not much hope here as it sounds as though there is
plenty of room. Excess traffic, not much hope here as it will only be one
building. Danger to other traffic if the entrance is near to a very busy
junction, not much hope here. Extra buildings adding extra water to
inadequate drains. I have had planning permissions and sales of land turned
down on this one. BUT, there has to be an existing flooding problem.

"YOU" may be asked to remove your trees if there is a danger to the new
building either from overhead branches falling or from the roots damaging
their new building, or at least to prune them.

The row of semis I live in, that is 3 pairs, all have long gardens through
to the next road and this land is ripe for development, but as we are all
united and standing firm on offers, and as my immediate neighbour is
rebuilding his garage on the bit of garden which would go, then there is
little chance of building taking place. We alone would not sell for less
than £250,000.00 which makes the whole site too expensive to develop

What you 'can' do, is make an offer to your neighbour and buy the land.
Beware that you will be paying building site land and not garden and to give
you an idea, when I sold half an acre in Leicester 30 odd years ago, the
'garden' was valued at £500.00. The 'building land', sold for £5,000.00.

In a nut shell. Not a lot. You cannot protest on 'view'. You cannot protest
on 'looks and privacy'. You cannot protest on blocking out the light, unless
your house has 'Ancient Lights' rights, which I doubt :-(( and a bungalow
would no doubt not affect you.

Mike


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