• Fuck's sake.

    Having considerately - I thought - given my downstairs neighbour a heads-up that I'd applied for planning permission for this loft conversion, just had a reply that he 'won't be able to support it' because of his long covid and the effect that the construction will have on his health.

    It's clear he'll make an objection to my planning application but I've no idea how that might influence the decision. He doesn't actually even own the place, it belongs to his step mum who's somewhere in Leicestershire.

    Despite sympathising with his condition, I'm also fucking raging right now.

  • Anyone can object to a planning application but for an objection to be given any weight it needs to be policy-based and not general nimbyism, long covid etc. Are there other dormer extensions to similar property types in your immediate vicinity? Assuming yes then you should be grand and at least now you know where you stand forhe party wall and general construction phase of works.

  • I doubt it will - remember some loft conversions can be done under permitted development which means you don't even actually need to tell the planning dept at all.

  • I'm no doctor but I'm not sure how some building work 2 storeys up will affect anyone's long covid. Planners can normally see through those crappy arguments.

    Are you shred freeholders with the step-mum?

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