Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Neighbour “reno” knocked down - now a Newbuild? 9Aug 20, 2018 9:38 pm Great you were able to get onto council quickly. Hope you can make time to act quickly before too much work progresses. Work can be halted by relevant authorities while reviews take place. Don’t prioritize being nice neighbor. Your neighbor was within planning regs with initial design. He’s played the game by ‘keeping walls’ on initial plans and now using engineering as ‘need’ to completely knock down. If he’s demolished the walls he has likely invalidated. You are just using the current planning regs to have plans reviewed. Overshadowing your yard will also have an impact on your property. You are doing nothing wrong. The planning rules exist for a reason. - aesthetics - impact on neighbors etc Your ‘neighbor’ may also be developing to sell. Good luck. 9 24791 This is one of the reasons I decided to go overseas for my double glazed windows. As the builder indicated, he's worked on many upmarket builds, these were the most well… 13 19239 2 15464 |