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Compensation for lost sea view and subsequent house price reduction because of hotel build

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Yabbadabbadooooooo · 01/10/2025 19:19

Dora anyone know if I would be entitled to compensation for the loss of our sea view and the subsequent property value decrease. The hotel in front of us was built beyond planning consent (roof is 1.2m higher than planning was approved for) and the hotel owner has since won an appeal, but is there any way that I can get compensation for the decrease in our house price and also the loss of our sea view? Would anyone do no win no fee as we can’t afford to lose cash on this. Many thanks.

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HerewardtheSleepy · 01/10/2025 20:12

B1anche · 01/10/2025 19:47

I'm guessing you've not got any friends in real life if this is how you speak to people who ask for help. Would you like me to tell you what 'patronising' means?

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Oh come on, this is a fairly reasonable response. I'm sorry for the OP but they don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting compensation.

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Yabbadabbadooooooo · 01/10/2025 20:12

Overthebow · 01/10/2025 19:50

Sorry but I don’t think you’d get anywhere with this. You don’t have the right to a view, and the hotel now has planning permission.

They breached the planning permission, that’s the issue. But yes, then they won at appeal…..

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moresoup · 01/10/2025 20:10

Op may rethink needing it to be no win no fee if she knows there's an avenue worth exploring. I worked for developers so don't know much about it from the other side but I do know how often developers (or their insurers)!just held their breath and hoped noone realised they had a claim

I assume you aren't a solicitor? Because it's pretty embarrassing if solicitors are laughing at members of the public who are asking for advice.

gamerchick · 01/10/2025 20:07

moresoup · 01/10/2025 19:57

Maybe don't laugh at people unless you are absolutely sure you know what you are talking about? The jokes on you (and everyone developers hoodwink in this way). There are routes to compensation in some cases, some times quite substantial compensation

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Excellent. The OP is looking for a no win no fee. I'm sure you can point them in the right direction.

moresoup · 01/10/2025 19:57

gamerchick · 01/10/2025 19:30

Fucking hell 😂😂bless you OP.

Maybe don't laugh at people unless you are absolutely sure you know what you are talking about? The jokes on you (and everyone developers hoodwink in this way). There are routes to compensation in some cases, some times quite substantial compensation

moresoup · 01/10/2025 19:55

Overthebow · 01/10/2025 19:50

Sorry but I don’t think you’d get anywhere with this. You don’t have the right to a view, and the hotel now has planning permission.

As I've explained,.it's not necessarily that simple at all. Sometimes nearby property owners have the benefit of restrictive covenants or rights of light and absolutely can be compensated (or even block a development)

Property developers often gamble on people being ignorant of this.

Overthebow · 01/10/2025 19:50

Sorry but I don’t think you’d get anywhere with this. You don’t have the right to a view, and the hotel now has planning permission.

B1anche · 01/10/2025 19:47

gamerchick · 01/10/2025 19:30

Fucking hell 😂😂bless you OP.

I'm guessing you've not got any friends in real life if this is how you speak to people who ask for help. Would you like me to tell you what 'patronising' means?

SparklyCardigan · 01/10/2025 19:45

Maybe if you complain to the hotel, they'll give you free dessert for life or something. Worth a try!

moresoup · 01/10/2025 19:41

It's not black and white, it will all turn on specific facts so you need a real life lawyer to advise

  • when did you buy? Did your solicitor fail to do planning checks? There's a (very slim) chance they were negligent- but most checks don't check nearby properties : did you let your solicitor know that preserving the view was critical?
  • is there anything in the title deeds to the hotel site? (You can get on land registry). Sometimes things are built in breach of restrictions and developers hope they get away with it
  • has it breached your rights of light? People can Get quite chunky sums for rights of light breaches and developers often take out insurance to cover that risk (and again, developers and insurers all then just hope people won't realise)
BadgesforBadgers · 01/10/2025 19:37

Let's just wait for Dora to show up and give the final verdict on this.

Wiennetta · 01/10/2025 19:34

You don’t own a view. I can understand it’s really annoying and upsetting to lose your sea view though.

DontReinMeIn · 01/10/2025 19:33

You have no right to a sea view.

You paid over the odds for a property because of the view.

you could look into whether there was planning granted for the hotel and whether your solicitor failed to mention it when buying, but even that is tenuous.

LIZS · 01/10/2025 19:32

No

gamerchick · 01/10/2025 19:30

Fucking hell 😂😂bless you OP.

Evaka · 01/10/2025 19:29

No babe. Think about what you're saying. There would be no such thing as suburbs or urban areas if people had a right to a particular view.

Tutorpuzzle · 01/10/2025 19:26

As pp said, no one has a right to a view. I’ve heard of cases about infringement of light, but as the hotel has won the planning appeal I doubt anyone would ever risk taking this on.

TheRealMagic · 01/10/2025 19:22

There is no right to a view, and so no compensation for losing it. If they've won an appeal they now have a building with full planning permission so there's nothing more to be done.

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