On 21/06/2019 16:41, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:27:00 on Fri, 21
Jun 2019, charles remarked:

So how will the bricky 'rub' the joints if it is bang up against
a fence panel (presumably not yours) ?.

It's not going to be literally touching, perhaps a three inch gap.

Round here the planners want half a metre these days.

Any particular reason given? It's not as if there's any of my
neighbour's *house* anywhere close (which could perhaps be a noise/fire
issue).

I know someone who built something similar last year, in a local
conservation area, and it was almost as close - and that time the
neighbours house was only three inches the other side of a similar
boundary fence.

There is something called the 'terracing effect' where rows
of 1930's semis all have side extensions and end up looking
like a row of terraced houses. The planners don't like this.

More of a problem with 2-story extensions though.