Neighbour to demolish house and build two up to our detached house wall!

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I need help! We just moved into our house a month ago and received a letter from our neighbour that they wish to demolish their detatched house and build 2 semi's right up to their left and right boundries.

Our house is detatched but our left house wall is on the boundry. They want to build right up to our wall.

This is a huge issue because we wont be able to access our wall to maintain it. It has had structural issues in the past and a surveyor has said the bulging wall is progressive. How can we maintain the wall if they want to build right up to it?

Have you have any experience in anything simular and how did it go?

Thanks

Put in an objection to the planning request with what you just poste

Ask for a meeting with the planning department, get a report from your surveyor.

So none of the above is a planning issue but it is relevant to the party wall act.
You can object on planning grounds which would be related to the character of the area and the look not being in keeping with the character of the area. The planning officer will be interested in that side.
However the details of your wall in relation to the boundary are only relevant to the party wall act and building regs.
If the wall really is aside the boundary they will be allowed to build up to it under the party wall act, however you would be due a payment for their use.
If your wall is just your side of the boundary they can build up to the boundary too leaving you in trouble. It's usually better to make a party wall rather than 6 inch gap.
Regarding building regs, if they want to use the wall and it's a party wall they would have to stabilise it before using it, under pin or whatever is needed. If the wall needs a lot of work that would reduce the payment due to you. But still better that they solve the issues for you.
Be careful who you choose as a party wall surveyor, some are just on the gravy train to get as much fees out of the neighbour as possible. Generally the surveyor is paid for by the building owner ie next door, but is working for the best outcome for the resulting building. So they don't really take sides as such.
Good luck!

In our area they won't let you build closer than 1m from the boundary so that it doesn't create a "terracing effect" in semi/detached properties. There may be a similar thing near you. Either way you must object.

So your house is built right up to the boundary, but you don't want your neighbour to do the same? Sounds like double standards to me.

Hardly double standards to want your property to remain in the same state as when you bought it. Good username Humpty.

NDN are very bold to do that I think!

The properties are over 120 years old.. i didnt build it.. their current house has 2 meters either side of it.. plenty of space. they want to knock it down to squeeze two houses in one plot.

This is Havering. Do you know where i can find that out?

If there's a planning application you can phone the planning office and ask

I’d be very surprised if they get permission to demolish a Victorian house full stop

The letter was from the local authority. Titled: Re: New planning application in your area.

There is a statutory distance involved between property and boundary walls. I remember this from a difficulty that someone we know hadafter building too close to the boundary line.