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My neighbour has completed building work on his house and demolished his external garden window and door at the rear of the house and replaced these with large sliding glass doors instead. He has also blocked up two other external garden windows and a door. I have been informed that no planning permission or building regulations were given or involved during this work.

What is the least the planning department can do when they discover no planning permission was given?

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Are you sure he even needs planning permission for these works ?

 

Yes. As change of use of normal size of door and window, and what has replaced them is not like for like in size or dimensions.

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Probably nothing will happen unless some one snitches on him . It will never get noticed unless he sells the house and buyer mentions it to solicitor . A lot do it and it never get noticed :hihi:

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My neighbour has completed building work on his house and demolished his external garden window and door at the rear of the house and replaced these with large sliding glass doors instead. He has also blocked up two other external garden windows and a door. I have been informed that no planning permission or building regulations were given or involved during this work.

What is the least the planning department can do when they discover no planning permission was given?

There are two relevant time limits for enforcement: four years and ten years.

See enforcement powers in Part VII of TCPA 1990 (esp. s.171A and 171B): http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/part/VII

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My grandmother has just had new windows , made into larger doors etc , there was no planning permission needed, We checked it out with the council first

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My grandmother has just had new windows , made into larger doors etc , there was no planning permission needed, We checked it out with the council first

 

But did you check if she needed building consent :hihi:

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Also: one can purchase Indemnity Insurance (for a small one-off premium) to protect against the risk of future enforcement.

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Also: one can purchase Indemnity Insurance (for a small one-off premium) to protect against the risk of future enforcement.

 

What for deliberatly not informing council you are doing building work i dont think so :hihi:

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But did you check if she needed building consent :hihi:

 

yes we did all of it.

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My neighbour has completed building work on his house and demolished his external garden window and door at the rear of the house and replaced these with large sliding glass doors instead. He has also blocked up two other external garden windows and a door. I have been informed that no planning permission or building regulations were given or involved during this work.

What is the least the planning department can do when they discover no planning permission was given?

 

Doesn't sound like notifiable works to me.

Unless the existing openings where made bigger hes fine.

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Doesn't sound like notifiable works to me.

Unless the existing openings where made bigger hes fine.

 

The new openings are much bigger as they now measure the width of the house.

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I would imagine that if the openings go most or all of the way across the width of the house then they surely must have had some compliance with building regulations sorted so that if they sell the buyer can be reasonably confident that the back wall isn't going to collapse without warning. Surely, their builder will have advised them of that?

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