I haven't with Hackney, I have with Haringey who told me that they decline everything by default. They used their own surveyor for the Party Wall agreement who didn't charge that much (less than half what the other neighbour's charged me) and it all went smoothly once I managed to get someone at the council to respond.
Yeah I had that issue, my neighbours a mentalist, disputed our extension and cost us 2K. She did the same the other side with their loft, cost them 2K.
Cant wait to get our loft done.
I haven't with Hackney, I have with Haringey who told me that they decline everything by default. They used their own surveyor for the Party Wall agreement who didn't charge that much (less than half what the other neighbour's charged me) and it all went smoothly once I managed to get someone at the council to respond.