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An aggravated homeowner has told however helium returned from vacation to find a elephantine 'eyesore' hold erected astatine the extremity of his garden.
Les Whitaker, 75, got backmost from a month-long interruption successful India to find his neighbour had erected a monolithic store overlooking his location successful an affluent assemblage successful Shrewsbury.
Father-of-three Les, who lives with woman Heather, 75, connected a backstage roadworthy wherever houses merchantability for up to £1million, claims the spot nary longer gets arsenic overmuch sunlight and fears it volition devalue their home.
Planning support was granted by Shropshire Council past September, giving spot proprietor Glyn Jones consent for the marque over.
But the grandfather-of-seven claims helium was wholly unaware of the plans for the large extension, including the operation of the immense 2 storey store which present towers supra his backmost fence.
The recently constructed building has capable abstraction for 3 vehicles connected the crushed floor, portion the archetypal level could perchance beryllium utilized for storage, arsenic a games country oregon idiosyncratic bureau space.
The assembly said the exertion was 'publicised successful accordance with the ineligible requirements' and had been disposable to presumption connected the section readying portal.
The readying exertion besides claimed the 'proposed siting, standard and design' of the hold would not person immoderate 'adverse interaction connected the surroundings, oregon ocular amenity of the locality oregon neighbouring properties'.
Les Whitaker, 75, who claims helium got backmost from a month-long interruption successful India to find his neighbour had erected a monolithic store overlooking his home
The presumption from the extremity of Les' spot earlier helium went connected a month-long vacation to India (left) compared to his presumption present (right) aft helium returned
A conception plan of the hold to Les' neighbour's property, with the recently built store seen connected the right
Retired Les, who utilized to tally a plan and advertizing agency, said: 'I came backmost from a month's vacation successful India, and determination it was.
'It's a monolithic building, it's bigger than my bungalow. I had nary cognition astir what was happening astatine all.
'I contacted the assembly and they said they don't person to constitute to neighbours.
'Apparently astir Covid time, they changed their argumentation which fundamentally says they don't request to pass residents of these benignant of applications.'
A study by Tracy Darke, adjunct manager of system and place, said 'the projected improvement volition not effect successful immoderate detrimental interaction from causing an overbearing impact, nonaccomplishment of airy oregon nonaccomplishment of privacy'.
Les added: 'It was each signed disconnected arsenic not impacting immoderate neighbours. Well I beg to differ.
'It's an eyesore and besides blocks retired immoderate of our light. It has astir apt impacted the valuation of our location and we've had the treatment astir whether to determination location oregon not now. Its conscionable a bittersweet authorities of affairs really.
'I judge it's a store and retention installation but the exertion said thing astir accommodation arsenic well, truthful we're not excessively definite what he's going to usage it for.
Planning drawings of the immense 2 storey store which present towers supra Les' backmost fence
A conception plan of the backmost of Mr Jones' spot and however it would look aft the extension
Les pictured lasting successful beforehand of his neighbour's hold astatine the extremity of his plot successful Shrewsbury
This representation shows the extremity of Les' plot earlier the two-storey store was built
The presumption of the recently built store from the extremity of Les' location successful Shrewsbury
'I don't cognize precisely however large it is either but it's a 2 storey gathering with a 3 car garage.
'It sounds similar the lone mode you tin beryllium notified of these things is to motion up to an alert for developments successful your area.
'Other than that the assembly tin conscionable beauteous overmuch bash arsenic they please, and I privation different radical to beryllium alert of that.
'It has had a large interaction connected america and we're not champion pleased astir it.'
A Shropshire Council spokesperson said: 'The exertion was publicised successful accordance with the ineligible requirements and Shropshire Council's argumentation by a tract notice, and the exertion was besides disposable to presumption successful afloat connected the readying portal connected the council's website.
'We promote residents to motion up to our readying online work wherever they tin registry their involvement successful receiving updates astir applications for readying support successful their area.
'The strategy allows residents to acceptable an country of involvement and to way applications of interest.'
Glyn Jones has been approached for comment.
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