New neighbour using my private garden...

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So they've buggered off. How rude. What do you plan to do next? Idk if I'd want to allow these oafs back on your land. They sound like cowboys. Perhaps speaking to a solicitor would be useful and you could ask another contractor to do it and charge ndn but this would likely lead to small claims..... and obvious disputes. Also, would any contractor need to use the rubble to reinstate the wall? Ie is it a specific material? What a mess.

And definitely need to inform the council. Also can you report the company to trading standards? How disgusting to modify a listed building.

If it was me I would be phoning the planning officer now to explain the situation and get their advice

I don't know whether to start clearing up or leave it as evidence

Leave it (and take photos). Bollocks to clearing up after them.

Don't worry about the mess. Phone the council and insist someone sorts this out. Immediately.

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No leave it as is and write a formal letter to them strictly prohibiting access.

Fuck it, I would contact the council immediately in the light of it being a listed building. I would ask the neighbours to pay for replacement of anything left damaged by the builders ie. plants, bbq etc.

No don't clear it up, its not your mess they need to sort it.

What were they thinking?!

Following.

Phone everybody - council, planning department, lawyers - RIGHT NOW! Why are you stalling?! These people are not going to say "whoops, sorry bout that - we'll get it tidied for you". You need this all documented officially immediately.

A planning officer will be able to visit tomorrow latest.

Report to the planning dept. straight away!

Definitely leave the mess etc exactly where it is for now, and get onto the council. Outrageous!

I hope you've phoned planning and English Heritage if it's listed.

Place marking! Good luck op

Definitely do not clear it up; you don't want to make it look better than it is. Phone planning, phone the builders to come and clear it up and wait for the owners to come round and then have a calm discussion (before going mental if they are unreasonable!)

I'm that they thought it was fine to knock a hole in the side of a listed building! Eagerly awaiting further updates

It's also a safety issue - burglars could exit their doors and come into yours!

It is a criminal offence to do unauthorized works to a listed building. They would definitely need listed building consent (and potentially planning permission). These are two different things.

I was a planning officer in England on a listing building unauthorized works case which resulted in the owner getting time in prison and a criminal record.

I love the idea of a fish pond. Perhaps one with a giant water fountain so that the neighbors have a nice outlook from their reinstated window.

Place marking.

the builders sound really shifty

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Can you shove all the rubble inthrough the doors?

Mrblue . That serious!!