Household boundary disputes could be on the increase if government proposals to extend permitted development rights are adopted.
According to expenses insurers DAS, neighbour dispute legal documents are the third most popular forms downloaded from its website, while it gets in excess of 1,400 disputes a year regarding boundaries between neighbours.
And, Richard Harris, head of claims at DAS believes that this number will escalate when the new plans come to fruition.
He said: “The philosophy behind the Government’s proposals to relax planning laws will continue to cause debate with differing views as to the benefits it will bring.”
“However, as one of the UK’s leading providers of access to justice, it is our duty to point out from our experience that some are unintended consequences.”
“Neighbour disputes are a common issue and these will undoubtedly rise if planning regulations are relaxed allowing owners to build bigger extensions to their homes.”
“This type of dispute is often a very emotive subject for all involved, with arguments amongst communities becoming a real drain on a family’s well-being and creating long lasting rifts in the local community. These disputes could go some way to upsetting the Prime Ministers’ vision of a ‘Big Society’.”
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