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Thanks for all the responses. The reason why the new house is so close to ours is that it will replace a redundant cow shed so he has to put the house in the boundaries of the current building. As to appealing to the Parish Council, unfortunately the applicant is the chairman of the council...

Thanks for all the responses. I've run planning - I might give them a try again as their own guidance on stables says that they need to be 30m away from any neighbouring house. I'll give the environmental health dept a ring too and I thought about using the BD legal helpline too. Really don't...

Any idea where I can find these regulations? I can use them as the basis of our objection.

That's what I don't understand. The planning makes the problem not the muckheap. It's been there for over 15 years. We are allowed to stand up at the planning committee to object and I was looking for any guidelines that I can site to prevent the problem arising.

That's exactly what I'm afraid of. We did consult a planning solicitor who did say that as we were there first we should be ok but I'm not convinced. I've contacted the council about the muckheap but it was their suggestion that a 2m high fence would be sufficient!

We bought our property just over a year ago next to a farm. Our neighbour has applied to pull down the redundant farm buildings and put up houses. The plans include a house whose back door will be literally 2m from the back of our stables and whose garden will run next to our muck heap. We...

Thanks for all the replies. Definitely food for thought Red-1 - £6k sounds much more reasonable. I'll have a look at some local contractors to pull back the surface and do an infill job.

Thanks for your replies. I'll have a look on the BD site but I hadn't considered the wait and see option. That might be a good idea as it would give me time to save up if I did decide to go the whole hog.

I've recently moved to a property with stables and an old arena. When we moved in, it was greener than the fields but gradually I have managed the clear most of the weeds. What I am left with is a 35 x 20 ménage with one good fence along the long side, rotten kick boards and a scant sand...

Hello there. I have been lurking on this site for years. I have used it whenever I need recommendations or have a problem and have found it indispensable. I have just moved to Kent and now have the facilities to have my horse at home which is a dream come true or a potential nightmare...