marcob
22-10-2007, 11:48 AM
Dear All,
I am new to this forum and don't know about housing, properties etc. I would really appreciate any help from more experienced members of this forum.
My situation is the following. I own a flat in London. The property is a big house built in the 1920s whcih was converted into 6 flats in the 1970s. I purchased one of these flats in 2003 as a share of freehold. The property is run by a company called Whitestones Ltd with 6 shares in total, each flat owner owing a share each.
As owner of Flat 3 on the ground floor, I have introduced a planning application to the council of Camden to convert an outside patio terrace of approximately 15 squared meters (which is part of the lease of my property) right in front of my living room into an extension of the living room itself. The application has now been accepted by the Council. However, I have been told by one of the residents (who is a share of freeholder himself) that the council permission is not enough to go ahead with the works, an explicit permission from Whitestones Ltd must be obtained, by vote of majority.
Does any of you have any experience with this kind of situations? When I introduced the planning application, I thought that was all I needed to proceed, in case the application was accepted by the Council. I now feel that a couple of the other residents may wish to obstruct the change on the basis of elements of envy rather than concrete factual arguments on how this is actually going to negatively affect their position etc. (in fact, a few objections were raised formally by the same residents after the application was introduced, but were promptly dismissed by the council planning officers as not relevant at all from their point of view...)
I would be very grateful if you had any preliminary advice to give on this matter and/or be able to point me in the right direction about what to do next.
Many thanks
Marco Bianchi
With many thanks and best regards
Marco Bianchi
London
I am new to this forum and don't know about housing, properties etc. I would really appreciate any help from more experienced members of this forum.
My situation is the following. I own a flat in London. The property is a big house built in the 1920s whcih was converted into 6 flats in the 1970s. I purchased one of these flats in 2003 as a share of freehold. The property is run by a company called Whitestones Ltd with 6 shares in total, each flat owner owing a share each.
As owner of Flat 3 on the ground floor, I have introduced a planning application to the council of Camden to convert an outside patio terrace of approximately 15 squared meters (which is part of the lease of my property) right in front of my living room into an extension of the living room itself. The application has now been accepted by the Council. However, I have been told by one of the residents (who is a share of freeholder himself) that the council permission is not enough to go ahead with the works, an explicit permission from Whitestones Ltd must be obtained, by vote of majority.
Does any of you have any experience with this kind of situations? When I introduced the planning application, I thought that was all I needed to proceed, in case the application was accepted by the Council. I now feel that a couple of the other residents may wish to obstruct the change on the basis of elements of envy rather than concrete factual arguments on how this is actually going to negatively affect their position etc. (in fact, a few objections were raised formally by the same residents after the application was introduced, but were promptly dismissed by the council planning officers as not relevant at all from their point of view...)
I would be very grateful if you had any preliminary advice to give on this matter and/or be able to point me in the right direction about what to do next.
Many thanks
Marco Bianchi
With many thanks and best regards
Marco Bianchi
London