Philip Kratz, a Consultant Solicitor and Head of Planning, was quoted in Yahoo!News UK on privacy rights in the UK through the lens of a planning dispute between neighbours over a garden planter in Scotland.
“He told Yahoo! News UK the case involving Higgins and her neighbour was out of the ordinary as ‘the postman, milkman – anyone walking on the street – could see what was going on in the objector’s front garden anyway. There wasn’t much privacy left to protect.’
He said the most common disputes ‘which have got any seriousness about them tend to arise from planning applications’ for a structure that has yet to be built. ‘In many ways they are things that haven’t happened yet, but may happen in the future. In my experience this is fear of the unknown.’”
To read the full article, visit: What are your rights in a privacy dispute with a neighbour?