Neighbours new summerhouse

[Daddyorchips21]

Hi everyone
I’m looking for a bit of advice before I go to the council with this complaint.
My neighbour has just had a huge summerhouse built at the top of his garden, where our garden alongside is/was a nice quiet spot where we used to sit in the evening.
The whole structure is about 4.5m x 4.5m.
I havnt measured the height yet as it’s still being constructed but I think the max height is 2.5m?
One of the issues is that our gardens slope quite steeply from the front to back, uphill away from the house, so the height difference from the front to back of the structure is about 1m.
So the front of the structure where the ground is lowest is definitely higher than 2.5, but it has a veranda on the front of it which is higher than the low hedges we have on our border, so they could sit on this veranda and see clearly into our garden.
I have read that any platform or veranda is limited to 300mm, does that apply in this case taking into account the slope of the garden?

Thanks.

Can’t you just ignore it? What’s the point in complaining, you’ll just fall out with them. Maybe build your own summerhouse to enjoy that’s spot in your garden.

if it’s all above board which it sounds like it is you won’t get anywhere the councils aren’t that bothered.

A veranda would mean it's not permitted development, they'd need planning, I think.
How close to the boundary and what type of roof? 2.5 meters is to the eaves, and if the building is within 2 meters of the boundary then the height is capped at 3 metres. 2 meters or more from the boundary and they can go to 4.5 metres on a pitched roof, any flat roof must top out at 3 metres.
I'm not sure about how the slope affects the rules tbh.

Also they can have the building as big as they like as long as the total number of outbuilding doesn't cover more than 50% of the garden. It's only heights that are restricted.

I'd grow your hedges higher.

Round here they are classed as a temporary structure and therefore dont need planning or anything. In the same way a shed or greenhouse wouldn't.

If you dont like it you build a high fence or let your hedge grow surely

If you're in England sheds, greenhouses, summerhouses etc can all require PP if they don't meet the permitted development requirements. They are not temporary structures.
Perhaps you are thinking of the Building Regulations which have different requirements.

OP I would just report to the planning enforcement team to check things out. Sloping land can cause issues as height is usually measured from the highest adjacent land. However if the verandah is at the front, where the slope is lower, it could be exceeding the 30cm limit.

I had an issue with neighbours and their summerhouse which they built touching my fenceposts and across the boundary wall. I believe I own the wall but I made the decision to just ignore it and them, for the sake of my health.

The dimensions are to the max of planning permitted structures or whatever they're called. Basically they didn't need planning permission.

The actual issue is about the wall and where they built it for me. That would then be a boundary dispute.

I am a chronically ill single parent without resources. They're rich and retired. It wasn't worth taking on.

It's awful but there it is.

I had some advice on here which was mixed. But some advised exactly what I ended up doing. Reframing it in my head and getting on with life.

It is unjust but the best option out of some crap options.

I would check your facts. Planning regs and so on.

Then think about planting some trees if you can or similar.

Sounds exactly like my garden. We were very careful to follow permitted development when building our summerhouse, therefore we do not have a veranda for the reasons you state. I would be complaining if my neighbours were elevated and could see into my garden having failed to follow permitted development.