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if the windows aren't moving or a balcony poking out, no planning permission is required.
But structural works need to be accepted by the freeholder, in your case, the other sharers.
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Yes, should have been clearer that these are two separate points.
The window/balcony chat is an annoyance. Not unhappy if he wants to move/alter windows but would be furious if he puts in a balcony. Therefore want to ensure that he has planning permission before doing either because he will not get planning on an overhanging balcony, overlooking gardens in Hackney on a row of terraced houses where there are no immediate precedents.
Issue 2 is that works appear to the layman to have commenced without any acceptance from the freeholders or a PW award. The area I’m unsure of is whether he’s able to do all of the other work, including the removal of a non-structural wall before this is awarded, or are the works in question only the structural element?
LukeG
Nothing has been submitted on the council website. We have been informed verbally that the works to the windows “aren’t happening now, maybe next year”. The movement of one window is on the structural drawings and is almost a necessity as he’s raising a dropped floor and it will be a danger if it doesn’t happen.
We have mutually appointed a party wall surveyor who has at least been to see our flat, not sure about the flat below who also require a PW agreement. I suppose he’s within his rights to have an electrician in his flat, however the tricky point is at what point do the works officially commence. We have not received the party wall award and from that point should have 14 days to review. Clearly this isn’t intended.
To further muddy the waters, we do actually want the work completed this side of Christmas as we’re considering moving in the new year (unrelated to this!)