Opposing neighbour's extension plan

[LittleMy123]

Hello everyone,

Can I please have your advice/point of view on my situation? My neighbour who just bought the house adjacent to my property is planning to do loft conversion and extending it at the back too.

I have nothing against him converting the loft but his rear extension is planned to be 6 meters long and 4 meters high. The back of our houses is facing south and I have huge french door there that lead to the kitchen. There is plenty of daylight as opposed to the front of my house where is quite dark. When we were buying the house over a year ago we just loved it and the openness in the garden too. But now if he builds this extension it will take all the daylight from the back of our property and it will be quite overbearing.

Is there any way that if I oppose to the council stating the points of lost daylight and overbearing they will take it into consideration and won't let him build it? I heard that he will be allowed to build it anyway.. I've received the letter from the council and I have to reply by the end of this week.

I tried to talk to my neighbour but he doesn't seem to care about my point of view. I suggested that he builds the extension on the other side of his property as it's not detached to any building and he would take daylight from his own kitchen but he doesn't want to do it (obviously he wants to keep his daylight..)

Thanks for replies!

Have recently opposed an extension and the owner has to take it down (she has already had it built without permission). Was due to overbearing and loss of light.

Now v awkward...

You have a right to light and he can’t build anything that would block the light. You can object for as many reasons as you want, but right to light is usually the biggest along with not being in keeping with the rest of the neighbourhood.

Look on your local councils planning portal to see what grounds they accept for objections. Write to oppose the application on those grounds only. Resist any appeal to heartstrings and don't mention loss of value. Use the exact phrases stated in the acceptable grounds for objection.