No Planning in Place, But a Party Wall Notice Has Arrived

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 05:45:51 +0000

If you’ve just received a Party Wall Notice and your neighbour hasn’t yet secured planning permission, it’s natural to wonder whether you can (or should) ignore it. The short answer: you shouldn’t ignore it. Under the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, the party wall process runs on a separate legal track from planning and building control. That means a Building Owner does not need planning permission in hand to validly serve a Party Wall Notice—and an Adjoining Owner is still expected to respond.