What is covered by the Party Wall Act 1996?
- Works covered by the Act include:
- Cutting into a wall such as inserting a beam.
- Inserting a damp proof course all the way through a wall.
- Raising the entire party wall, including cutting off any parts of the adjoining owner’s building which would otherwise prevent this being carried out.
- Demolishing and rebuilding the party wall.
- Underpinning the whole or part of the wall.
- Building a new wall on the line of junction between two properties.
- Excavating foundations within three metres of an adjoining structure and to a lower depth than the adjoining structure.
- Excavating foundations within six metres of an adjoining structure and below a line drawn at 45 degrees from the bottom of its’ foundations.
- Where it is intended to build a new wall tight up to or astride the boundary line.
