I am dreading the house at the bottom of our drive being demolished.

I am surprised that the developers haven’t communicated with you directly if you live in such close proximity to the place. As stated upthread, planning permission must have been sought, investigated and granted. Didn’t the local council write to you?

Perhaps having a polite chat to the site manager/project manager will help establish some resolution to your concern regarding inconvenience etc.

It’s not uncommon for neighbours to be very inconvenienced by new builds and replacements in my area. One house will be replaced by three. The building doesn’t last forever. Families need housing.
So if it’s just a straightforward replacement, the long term repercussions should be minimal. Where a new road has been constructed then road noise can become annoying. Maybe a holiday would help step away from the problems?

We've had a building site behind the house for three years. The noise, the dust but the worst was a stand of mature trees at the rear just beyond our garden being cut down.

We've been told the only compensation we can try to get is for the change to the road.

Have you checked the planning permission,? For the developer behind us we checked times they could work and lodged complaints if the didn't stick to them, contacted environmental health when the dust was very bad in the summer and they were made to damp everything down.

It is very difficult to live with but not much choice.

* I’m not going to be able to drive in and out freely without fear of some kind of confrontation. Even walking the dog will put me on edge. *

Enough drama; the builders will be far too busy to bother with you. You'll just drive/walk out (and back) as usual.

The builders MUST provide a clear vehicle access to your property, at all times, for you and emergency services vehicles.

Presumably they sought planning permission? Were you not notified?

I really feel for you.
Very minor to what you will be experiencing but our neighbour had a large garden room built last year. We have a very tiny garden and the builders were noisy, radio blaring continually and the work went vastly over time. Instead of 12 weeks it went on for nearly 5 months, all through the summer. During this time my Dh had a stroke and was trying to recover at home, with noise, music and the builders talking loudly and singing along to the radio.,
We couldn’t sit in our garden at all as the construction was slap bang up against our fence. Couldn’t put our washing out as the dust was blowing over and the our windows were filthy.

It was a nightmare. Our neighbours are a young family who are very polite and thoughtful and I did ask how much longer would it be going on. They were apologetic but it was beyond their control as things kept going wrong.
They paid for our windows to be cleaned and brought round a bottle of wine.

I’m afraid you are in for a very unpleasant time. Sorry to be so negative but be warned.,

I really feel for you, I am having some work done, it is messy and due to the weather taking ages. Its nowhere as bad as what you said though.

25Avalon

How would I ask for compensation? Right now I've just opened the bottle of Bailey's I bought for Christmas and I'm going to bed with a small glass of it, my book, and a bar of chocolate.

Sounds like a plan😁

Definitely check with your local council

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You could check with your local Council.

How would I ask for compensation? Right now I've just opened the bottle of Bailey's I bought for Christmas and I'm going to bed with a small glass of it, my book, and a bar of chocolate.

Not recently and not right on our doorstep but I do remember the hell when builders were given permission to build a row of houses on a supposedly protected site opposite us years ago, the noise was the worst thing.

I can sympathise.
If this truly disrupts your life, can you ask for compensation?