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Please help - neighbour issue

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12345zz · 18/08/2019 13:08

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if you could give me some advice. A resident on my street has submitted a planning application to build a large extension on their home that is particularly ugly.

I would like to object via the council's website and am required to give my name and address. I understand from the website that personal details will be redacted when my comment is reproduced as part of the planning report.

However, I'm concerned that the neighbour who has submitted the application will be able to see that it's me who has commented. Will my name and address be available for them to see or is it viewed by the planning officers only?

Any advice you could give would be very gratefully received.

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Hecateh · 18/08/2019 21:19

I could see who objected to mine
The family it affected most were fine with it.

3 people/houses with some impact but not much, sent a letter but accepted planning decision.

3 families, who were slightly affected by the building process (as deliveries made short term access difficult. Never more than a few minutes apart from one planned and notified.) attended planning meeting with 'objections' none of which were n planning grounds. Once planning was granted they made as much trouble as they could, swearing at and threatening builders; complaining to the council repeatedly (council visited at least 5 times due to this and found no issue) and totally blanking me (duh!). Oh and a counsellor, who argued on none planning grounds and was told by the chair that he was being silly (paraphrased) - suspect he was a friend of a relative who was slightly impacted. (When I say slightly impacted, I mean they could see it, at about 50m from their house).
I got permission because none of them had legitimate reasons. Oh - and it fits in and isn't ugly LOL

12345zz · 18/08/2019 21:19

@GinNotGym19 thanks - was this information (name and address) available publicly via your council website as well? Or just to you as the applicant?

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12345zz · 18/08/2019 21:27

I’m just wondering whether because my council don’t seem to show the name and address online, whether they don’t show it to the applicant either... or whether the applicant does get to see this extra information.

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yeraballoon · 18/08/2019 21:28

Why don't you just phone the council and ask? I doubt anyone here will be able to tell you for sure.

12345zz · 18/08/2019 21:30

Good idea Yera - I was just hoping that someone could put my mind at rest tonight, but it seems like different councils have different procedures.

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TwoPencePenny · 18/08/2019 21:32

Use a fake name and address if it’s general and not specific to your house, e.g If you are ‘1 Manchester road’, use a made up house name instead ‘Fairy House, Manchester road’

He will probably be able to see the names/addresses on objections.

PapaShango · 18/08/2019 21:36

My council don’t show the names online, only the comment, but they did send us a list with the names and addresses of all those who objected. They need to give you a chance to respond.

12345zz · 18/08/2019 21:39

Thanks @PapaShango. So the applicant can respond individually to everyone who’s objected then basically?

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NoSquirrels · 18/08/2019 21:39

Why don’t you want them to know you object?

0lapislazuli · 18/08/2019 21:46

Ring your council. Some allow comments to be anonymous.

12345zz · 18/08/2019 21:49

I don’t want them to know it’s me objecting because I don’t want to forever sour relations with my neighbour.

Thanks Olap - I will give them a call tomorrow.

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CleverLoginName · 18/08/2019 21:49

NIMBY alert

12345zz · 18/08/2019 21:53

I’m not a NIMBY - I wouldn’t want this development in anyone’s back yard (my own included)...

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boredboredboredboredbored · 18/08/2019 21:54

I told my ndn directly i was objecting to theirs. Why the need for secrecy? Mine breached the 45 degree rule by meters but was passed as the added glass to it.

NoSquirrels · 18/08/2019 21:54

I don’t want them to know it’s me objecting because I don’t want to forever sour relations with my neighbour.

Obviously no idea what your neighbour is like or what the plans proposed are, but in general if your objection is well thought through and reasonable, there shouldn’t be a problem sticking up for your opinion.

Realistically your neighbour will think it’s you anyway- you’d expect close neighbours to have an opinion.

GPatz · 18/08/2019 21:55

LPA's shouldn't be accepting anoymous objections.

12345zz · 18/08/2019 22:01

LPA's shouldn't be accepting anoymous objections.

Fair enough but does the applicant really need to know your exact name and address? Surely the council can receive this information to verify you’re genuine - but not share it with another party?

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Millie2017 · 18/08/2019 22:01

@12345zz online they were anonymous. We were given a report with full name and addresses.

PinkiOcelot · 18/08/2019 22:01

Just have the courage of your convictions OP.
So if names and addressed are not anonymous, are you still going to object?

12345zz · 18/08/2019 22:04

Just have the courage of your convictions OP. So if names and addressed are not anonymous, are you still going to object?

I want to - but generally speaking I’m a very anxious person and am concerned about upsetting or falling out with neighbours.

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Millie2017 · 18/08/2019 22:04

I might add we didn’t mind her objection, we just found it funny she hadn’t even read the application properly. We are still friends.

EustaciaPieface · 18/08/2019 22:11

I objected to a place of worship opening in my building last year, I used grounds like noise and nuisance due to parking etc. My full name was available online, part of my address too and I was quoted in the local press alongside other objectors (it was a controversial project). It was very public and I felt uncomfortable even though it was a faceless organisation that I was objecting to. Thankfully they didn’t get the go ahead.

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Mummyoflittledragon · 18/08/2019 22:17

If it really is ugly, the people building the extension don’t seem to care about the impact to you. Our ndn objected. We didn’t have an issue with them doing this. It was rejected. She stopped talking to us and we went ahead. She was jealous. It doesn’t sound as if you are acting like our neighbour. Do what you need to do.

TatianaLarina · 18/08/2019 22:32

I’m just wondering whether because my council don’t seem to show the name and address online, whether they don’t show it to the applicant either... or whether the applicant does get to see this extra information.

If the council doesn’t show it, that is all the applicant will see. The applicant does not have any more information than is displayed on the site.

Rachelover40 · 18/08/2019 22:40

Don't object, then you won't have to worry about your neighbour finding out. If you genuinely object to something with good reasons that you can articulate well, why be afraid to say it.

As this is worrying so much, in your shoes I would leave it to others to do the objecting.

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