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What Happens If My Neighbour Objects to My Extension?
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For a full planning application, neighbour objections are a material consideration but don't automatically result in refusal — the planning authority weighs objections against planning policy and the specific impacts raised (loss of light, overlooking, overbearing impact), not against the mere fact that an objection exists.
For permitted development, true permitted development rights don't require neighbour consultation in the same way, though the separate Neighbour Consultation Scheme applies to certain larger single storey rear extensions and does give adjoining owners a right to raise specific concerns.
Separately, under the Party Wall etc. Act, a neighbour can formally dissent to work near a shared boundary — this leads to a Party Wall Surveyor being appointed to produce an Award governing how the work proceeds, not a block on the project itself.
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