Party Wall Awards and Structural Engineering

If your work affects a shared wall or involves excavation near a neighbour, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is likely to apply. The structural design and the party wall process are closely linked.

Planning them together saves time.

When notices are needed

Cutting into a party wall, inserting beams, raising a party wall and excavating close to neighbouring foundations can all require notices to be served on neighbours.

What your neighbour's surveyor will want

Surveyors usually ask for structural drawings and calculations to understand what is proposed. Clear, accurate details speed up agreement.

Protecting the neighbour's property

Design should show how the neighbour's wall will be supported and protected, including temporary works during construction.

Avoiding delays

Get structural design done early so the party wall process can run alongside planning and Building Control, instead of holding up the build.

If the neighbour dissents

A formal award sets out how work will be done. The more information you provide early, the smoother this usually is.

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