To think you can't put a toilet outside someone's bedroom?

Oh! Huh. Really rare for me to miss when someone’s joking.

They should definitely contact the local council. Building control or health and safety. Preferably both if they want something done quickly. Local MP may be able to help too.

What about reporting this to the Council environmental department.
They deal with problems such as
public toilets
smell
antisocial behaviour

If neighbour to the right reports the smell of the toilet then they would normally write to the builders and ask them to remove it.

This is what happens with other stuff such as rubbish in gardens etc

everything else a side can’t see the reason it has to be that far over
it could be moved near to the house being worked not ideal but a reasonable compromise

Locating a portaloo isn’t up to the company it’s up to the builders.
As long as it can be emptied it’s not their concern or responsibility

If it was my house I would contact the portaloo company and tell them it needs to be moved.
Assuming it has been hired from somewhere.

Surley they are not allowed to do that

Health and safety exec at the council ?

Any idea what the neighbour to the right plan to do next.
Write to their MP?
contact planning or building control?
or highways?

Is there any more news OP.

This is preying on my mind!

It’s free standing on public land ,not touching anything and not restricting access no you don’t

if it was private land or attached then you would

it’s a terrible option it must of been as a last resort I’ve never see. Any thing like it

I’d to site manager ask for it to be move on the part directly in front of the house there working on and store it on the other bit when they need it out of the way to work where it is in front of the house they are working on

That's taking the piss.

😁

lighten up It was a joke.

Get onto the council and be firm.
I'm sure the scaffolding company would have had to submit a design, but it probably didn’t show the portaloo. Therefore the council may not have known.

Maybe report it to the HSE too. They may not be happy with its proximity to you. Also, if more than 7 people working on site the HSE will tell them to make other arrangements, such as a proper toilet in a different location.

I would have pushed it over to their side and remove the boards.

It’s against the op’s house and over her front door. You cannot erect scaffolding against someone’s house without permission, unless it’s to carry out essential emergency work to ensure the structural integrity of the building. You certainly can’t erect scaffolding against someones’s house for the express reason of housing a portaloo.

You certainly need permission if it’s on private land but this looks like it’s on a public pavement. If it’s not touching the house I’m not sure they need permission? From the council though they would need permission. And I’d be complaining about the toilet.

You cannot just erect scaffolding against a property you don’t own! You need express permission from the home owner to do this!

Yes it on public land and not attached to the house
it’s isn’t in the neighbours land it’s on public land

I certainly wouldn’t like it

Did you look at the photo?

As grim as it is why would they need neighbours permission it’s not on neighbours land it on the public pavement which they’ll of had permit for
the neighbour doesn’t own the pavement it’s not blocking access

its been out up for the sole purpose of accommodating toilets
toilet can’t go on pavement you need a clear metre walkway

I agree. It looks like they’ve only put the scaffolding across the neighbour’s house in order to put the portaloo up there.

Oh, you'd change your mind if you wanted to open the window. Even without it being opened, it WILL start to smell up the room behind the window.

Whoever thought putting a porta-potty on a second floor scaffold is batshit crazy. Let them put it in front of the house being worked on (or the back).

@SapphosRock I hope it gets resolved before the stink gets too bad.
A council allowing this makes me think the council deserves to have a porta-potty in front of their windows. (As if they would allow such a thing...)

I would want to know why they had put it in front of my window rather than on a bit of scaffolding in front of one of their own windows or elsewhere in/on the property or its grounds.

Trying to remember what we were told when they built a new block of flats next to the ones I lived in - there was about a 3 inch gap between the two buildings.

The scaffolding grew with the new building and was a real pain - not least because we were on the third floor and had sliding doors opening onto a Juliette balcony. Security had never been an issue before, but suddenly we felt very vulnerable. I seem to remember being told that we couldn’t complain about the scaffolding but that we had to live with it as the freeholders had said ok. However, it was all done properly with party wall surveyors who they paid for for us, and we were given all the relevant contact numbers for the foreman on site and council contacts etc for things like if it got too noisy (eg when the concrete mixing Lorrie’s kept turning up at 6am and would then sit churning the concrete underneath our open window, walking us up and suffocating us with their fumes) and they were pretty good at listening to out complaints and acting on them.
have they sorted out a party wall surveyor for you? Check on your household insurance to see if you have legal cover and if so, talk to them about what you can do to get it moved ASAP - free solicitors letter always helps to focus minds of those who think that they can ignore you!

Why do they need the scaffolding across your house?