Guidance
What works are notifiable?
You only need to serve party wall notices for specific types of work, these are known as 'notifiable works'. There are three categories of notifiable works;
- Line of junction works
Where the boundary between you and your neighbour is not built upon, or there is only a boundary wall, and you wish to build a new wall on your own land up to the boundary, or astride the boundary.
- Party structure works
Where the boundary is built upon, and you are proposing works to a party wall, a party fence wall, or a wall belonging wholly to your neighbour.
- Adjacent excavation works
Where you are undertaking excavations to a greater depth than your neighbour's foundations and within distances prescribed by the act, either within 3m of an adjoining property, or within 6m of an adjoining property.
