Becles
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Hello, new here and after some advice.
We brought a semi detached house at the end of 2018. We have been doing the whole house and gardens up. At the side of house is a very old curved block wall about 5foot tall 5m, long laid on a concrete slab, roughly 6m x 5m from side of the house to block wall and spans the length of house. The block wall curves off the front fence line and come back to the back garden fence by about 2 foot. The other side of the block wall is covered by brambles and stingers and is on council land(an old brick factory now a nature park) my neighbours said this wall has been up 25-30 years.
I’ve just finished putting a car port on the side of the house and it’s sitting on this wall, because I’ve been working round the back of wall and had to push all stingers down it’s made the wall visible. Last week I had a letter from the council saying to remove what I’ve built as it is on council land. After phoning and talking to the council officer he said he had a report from the park team that I’ve built this wall. I’ve explained that the wall has been up 25-30years and was there when we bought the house and if need be I could get a statement from the neighbours confirming so, also I have the estate agents paper of the house when we bought it and the wall is visible. The block wall is made from very old blocks that are not made anymore and also the brick ties.
Now he said his going to investigate and get back to us.
So we are trying to find out were we stand as we want to keep the wall and car port in place. Any feed back will be much appreciated. Thanks
We brought a semi detached house at the end of 2018. We have been doing the whole house and gardens up. At the side of house is a very old curved block wall about 5foot tall 5m, long laid on a concrete slab, roughly 6m x 5m from side of the house to block wall and spans the length of house. The block wall curves off the front fence line and come back to the back garden fence by about 2 foot. The other side of the block wall is covered by brambles and stingers and is on council land(an old brick factory now a nature park) my neighbours said this wall has been up 25-30 years.
I’ve just finished putting a car port on the side of the house and it’s sitting on this wall, because I’ve been working round the back of wall and had to push all stingers down it’s made the wall visible. Last week I had a letter from the council saying to remove what I’ve built as it is on council land. After phoning and talking to the council officer he said he had a report from the park team that I’ve built this wall. I’ve explained that the wall has been up 25-30years and was there when we bought the house and if need be I could get a statement from the neighbours confirming so, also I have the estate agents paper of the house when we bought it and the wall is visible. The block wall is made from very old blocks that are not made anymore and also the brick ties.
Now he said his going to investigate and get back to us.
So we are trying to find out were we stand as we want to keep the wall and car port in place. Any feed back will be much appreciated. Thanks
