Well that's a relief ... I could see a certain forum member erecting an aeroplane hangar!!!
I should be working but instead I've been wandering down rabbit holes trying to find a definition of 'the land around the house'. There isn't one. It's at the planning officer's discretion. In the case of Leigh's neighbour, it would be the whole plot, I think, but that's not clear if the house has a very long garden. In the case of the Forum member to whom you refer, Dove, it depends on the layout but he possibly could build a hangar, if he so chose. As long as it was for very short planes
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
From @raisingirl 's quotation I learnt a new word today:
curtilage
The
area considered legally part of a house or dwelling by virtue of its
enclosure by a fence or habitual use in domestic activities.
In law,
the area of land occupied by a dwelling and its yard and outbuildings,
and inclosed, or deemed as if inclosed, for their better use and
enjoyment.
A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house.
Our planning applications and building control are the responsibility of the local county council. However, we have a very active Parish council, ( and before that a residents association) When we had problems with a neighbour building an outbuilding way taller than he had permission for, we approached what was then the residents association. They immediately contacted the council on behalf of the village. We did lodge our own objection with the council anyway, but if we hadn’t wanted to be identified as a complainant, the residents association / parish council route could have been helpful. Is there any similar body where you live?
Parish or town councils can object to planning applications but only if there is a planning matter to object to. As has been said, no one has a right to a view, or even to sunlight (only daylight) and planners can't do anything at all if the structure is either temporary or within permitted development rights, unless there's something in the adopted local plan specific to the area. Even if it needs planning permission, they can only refuse if there is a legal reason to do so. You not liking it doesn't constitute a reason, I'm afraid.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
our poxy council won't let me build a new house as there is no footpath outside. There are 23 houses between me and the footpath. They say that as I'm only 1 1/2 miles from town , folk should be able to walk to the town. They seem to ignore that it's over a mile uphill between the town and here. I've offered to meet them in town and give them some bags of shopping to carry and a kid in a buggy to push up the hill. It feel upon deaf ears. Total dogma over any notion of common sense.
If that's their view @Hostafan1 , shouldn't they be putting in a footpath so that you and the occupants of the other 23 houses can walk to town (assuming anyone wants to)? Why should the needs of potential occupants of a theoretical new house be any different from the needs of people already living nearby?
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
If that's their view @Hostafan1 , shouldn't they be putting in a footpath so that you and the occupants of the other 23 houses can walk to town (assuming anyone wants to)? Why should the needs of potential occupants of a theoretical new house be any different from the needs of people already living nearby?
don't even suggest logic to them. It's a waste of time
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I should be working but instead I've been wandering down rabbit holes trying to find a definition of 'the land around the house'. There isn't one. It's at the planning officer's discretion. In the case of Leigh's neighbour, it would be the whole plot, I think, but that's not clear if the house has a very long garden. In the case of the Forum member to whom you refer, Dove, it depends on the layout but he possibly could build a hangar, if he so chose. As long as it was for very short planes
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Is there any similar body where you live?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
There are 23 houses between me and the footpath.
They say that as I'm only 1 1/2 miles from town , folk should be able to walk to the town. They seem to ignore that it's over a mile uphill between the town and here.
I've offered to meet them in town and give them some bags of shopping to carry and a kid in a buggy to push up the hill. It feel upon deaf ears.
Total dogma over any notion of common sense.