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Generally, if you go onto to your neighbours land without their permission, you are trespassing. However, if you wish to repair your home, you may go onto your neighbours land without getting their permission. Before going on your neighbours land, you should still ask their permission.
The short answer is yes, subject to serving a valid notice and following the processes set out in The Party Wall Act. The party wall act only applies to structures (ie: a wall with a foundation), it does not apply to timber fences or other screens.
The Neighbour Consultation Scheme or Larger Home Extension scheme allows home owners to build a single storey extension to: A terraced house and semi-detached house can be extended up to 6 metres and a detached house up to 8 metres from the original house. However, your neighbours do have the right to object to this.
Although it is recommended that you first try to resolve any problems by talking the issue through with your neighbour, or by using mediation, your local council has a duty to investigate noise from a building project if it is deemed to be damaging to health or a nuisance, known as a statutory nuisance.
Start by talking to your neighbour and asking them to check if their insurance will cover the damage. They will need to lodge a claim with their insurance provider. If you're submitting a claim to your neighbour's home insurance provider, you'll need to prove that the damage was, in fact, their fault.
Filing a Lawsuit to Stop Your Neighbor's Construction If you are unsatisfied with the decision of your local planning board or if your neighbor continues to damage your property, then you may file a civil suit for an injunction. An injunction would prevent your neighbor from continuing with his construction.
Simply put, if your neighbour wants to build a new structure, you don't have to say yes. The work must relate to the preservation of an existing structure, not a new structure currently being built or any future planned structure. Any structure that has already been built means that they could gain access.
A terraced house and semi-detached house can be extended up to 6 metres and a detached house up to 8 metres from the original house. However, your neighbours do have the right to object to this. They have a 21 day period in which they can give valid reasons as to why they believe the extension should not be built.
Lateral support exists when the adjoining lands are side-by-side. It is the right of the land to be naturally upheld by its neighboring land(s) and supported against subsidence, i.e. slippage, cave-in or landslide. Subjacent support exists when the adjoining lands are above and below.