planning law

Hi All - I'll try & keep it as sort and sweet as possible as our journey has been long and very uneasy! Long and short of it is we were granted full planning permission to convert one of my husbands old farm sheds. The conversion was like for like in size etc so no different in terms of...

I am just seeking thoughts of others in regards to the decking my neighbours have recently replaced which is much higher than the previous decking resulting in complete lack of privacy in my garden. The children can now see straight into my garden and kitchen/living room. The steps leading to...

Hi expert planners, I'm looking to extend the house as attached - it already has a double storey side extension (original 1960's house in green hash). I'm thinking of doing it in the following steps to avoid it being deemed 'intensive use' or 'over-development' if done in 1 go: (1) Apply for...

Hi, I'm planning to do a 6m kitchen rear extension under PD but I need to leave a slight material gap between this and the existing protruding 3m side extension. I understand there are several appeal case wins about this gap, at the 2.5cm, 5cm and 10cm gap levels. If these cases are in the...

Hello everyone I'm thinking about an extension to my semi detached house and wanted to gauge an idea of what's possible from the very helpful people on this forum :) before formally getting an architect. The house is a corner semi. It's a bit unique with the address on the main road to the...

My friends have recently purchased a barn with planning to convert ex agricultural steel barn to home. The problem is, on the plans the drainage system and soakaway are not within their curtilage and now the farmer is refusing them access to the land to install the drainage system and soakaway...

Hi, I wonder if someone can help with understanding if the wall still constitue as party wall? Properties under question are two semi detached houses (not the adjoint ones but the one that are NOT joint by party wall, i.e. the detached part of semi-detached houses - if that makes sense)...

Hi. Am I allowed to change the roof shape for a 6m rear extension after planning approval (neighbourhood consultation)? Can we change the type (shape and size) and no of skylights and the roof pitch (say from flat roof to pitched roof instead) as long as we stay within the limit of the...

Hi We own a 1 bedroom maisonette and are looking to extend into a 2 bedrooms maisonette, planning application is submitted. We have a Garden long cabin , 3 x 5 , from dunster house , insulated and wired by electrician , double glazed , heated ect.. it was only used as an office. We just had...

Hi. I live on a mobile Home park,all year round living, retirement place etc etc. We had a small brick patio where our table and chairs did not fit so we extended the patio out, using composite decking boards, laying the boards directly on top of the original patio and in the end doubling the...

Hi There, I bought a house with an adjacent parcel of land. The previous owner had planning permission approved for the land to be considered a residential garden and the driveway of the house goes through the land (an approved development). The house and the parcel of land still have separate...

Hi all, I am new to the forum and wondered if you could help with a letter I received from the Council threatening enforcement action for a breach of a planning condition. The condition reads: “the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces of the extension hereby...

Okay I’m new here but I think I’m in the right place. Apology’s if not. So.. I moved to a new house in 2014. Back in 2011 (before I was there) my neighbor opposite applied for planning to convert a cart shed into a holiday let. This was approved and in 2014 (a month ot two before planning...

This is purely theoretical, but would one need planning permission to build a natural wild life pond on their own private land that was 25M² and was 4 Meters deep? Would hypothetically be used for wild life, and private open water swimming; and no I do not have access to any such land where...

I have a 1.5 acre field that has not been used for agriculture for as far back as I can remember, there is an image of the field on google earth in 2010 showing it beautifully mowed. There has been a building on the land that was built in 2001 without planning permission, clearly this is beyond...

Hi, On the attached pdf assuming I've already got a 2 storey side extension, I know if I then apply for a 6m PDR rear extension then option A would be allowed. However would option B also be allowed or will the council say the orange shaded bit has already technically used-up the...

hi Im looking into converting a room into a small studio flat in Westminster and wanted to know if there's a minimum amount of square meters required for plans to be authorised? Ive tried researching and speaking to the council but cant get any leads! any help please?? Thanks so much in...

I am planning to put a pitched roof on an existing ugly flat-roofed two-storey extension to my house. The extension is on the principal elevation and the propsed roof ridge will be lower than the original/main roof ridge. I assumed this was PD under Class B (Permitted Development) but am being...