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No party wall agreement as it previously seems to be within the permitted development limits
Those things aren't necessarily the same thing, are they?
PD is what you can build without applying for planning (to the council), and party wall is building within certain distances / heights of neighbouring property (and is agreed with the neighbours).
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After some advice please.
Our neighbours seem to have engaged some rogue builders that seem pretty woeful to gut the downstairs of their house, open up the rooms with some steels, and refit the kitchen in their extension. They were available at a weeks notice which immediately set alarm bells ringing. No party wall agreement as it previously seems to be within the permitted development limits and ever so slightly on their side and seems that they've engaged with building control.
Somewhere along the way, the previously 3m structure seems to have increased to 3. 4m and blocking light into our house.
Can see the height difference in the attached. I had a word with them yesterday and they've agreed to stop work until it's resolved which also rings alarm bells as confident professional people would be confident in what they're doing and crack on.
Whilst it's no care to me, they seem to be using all reclaimed materials that look to be scavenged from a skip.
What do I do, get photos and submit to planning enforcement at Lewisham Council? Engage my own surveyor?