Talk to neighbours before putting in for planning

[DangerCake]

Weve not met neighbours due to lockdown. Would you talk to them before planning goes in for extension? Single storey no great direct impact . But will be disruption in building.

I would personally. Is there no impact with drainage or party wall? Noise will impact them. They may be planning similar.

We did even though they wouldn't be greatly impacted. We took the plans over. They can write an objection letter and it's also polite.

Yes just to give them a heads up due to noise etc, also depends on party walls and things like that. They will receive a notification for planning anyways but its also an excuse to meet them aswell isn't it

Yes.
Our new neighbour didn't introduce himself before he submitted planning application for a monster extension that would block out all our light, overlook our garden and completely overwhelm our house. He only popped round on the evening our objection went in. Said "didn't want to submit planning till I said hello" which embarrassed everyone because he clearly had done exactly that.

Application got refused. He hasn't spoken to us since. New application was approved and we had no issue - if he had spoken to us first it's what we would have told him we were happy with.

If you don’t make personal contact, perhaps put a note through the door with the plans.

Yes it’s polite and even if they don’t like it they will be thankful to know before getting the planning letter.
Building work is always inconvient for neighbours I say this as someone who has done lots of building work, but have managed to retain good relationships with our neighbours by keeping them well informed and as much as possible.

Definitely. Makes it much less awkward when your builder accidentally breaks their window......

Yes

Yes I did, partly to see how they would receive it and potentially head off or consider any objections (there weren't any). Plus you may get to see inside their house!

Yeah our neighbours didn’t before submitting plans for a monster extension which got refused. If they had worked with us it would have been a smoother and ultimately Significantly cheaper process For them (Especially true also if you also need party wall permission).

He only popped round on the evening our objection went in. Said "didn't want to submit planning till I said hello" which embarrassed everyone because he clearly had done exactly that
Did you tell him you knew he had submitted it and you'd put in an objection?

kittio yes I did. I told him that we had seen the planning application that he had submitted as we had had our neighbour notification letter a few days before and had objected and told him the reasons for objection.

He said "is it just the balcony looming into your garden you have the issue with?" And I explained in detail again what the issues were. Which he knew. Because he would have been told about the objection.

We printed off full plans and handed them in to our attached neighbour and the one the other side before the application was submitted.

All nearby neighbours will get a letter with links to the plans online as part of the application process but we felt it was polite to give the ones most affected advanced information. We also thought it might help get them onside...