planning

Hi Everyone, This question may seem stupid or tricky but could not find an answer anywhere and maybe some colleague architect could point me on the right direction. I have always been working for large practice but due of this covid mess and lack of work I`m trying to set up something on my...

Hi All, I'm planning a single storey rear extension on my 1930s terraced house - 4.5m deep, full width of the house - 6m. The house is on naturally sloping land, higher at the front. At the back of the house, there is a 0.7m drop to the patio and then a 0.4m drop to the original ground level...

Hello, we had a neighbour put up two sets of stables against our six foot fence. They are massive, probably another six foot above the top of the fence. They are RIGHT against the fence and have no gutters, so the rain pours onto the fence and then into our garden. We asked the planners if...

Hello! I am looking to have a single storey rear extension built. When we moved into the house (late 2017), there was an existing permission granted for this work however this lapsed in Jan 2019. I’m tempted to resubmit the same plans back in a new application to seek a new permission...

Hi, Can anyone please advise me on the following or suggest who can? My architect is doing the best he can but now wondering if a legal representative is an option. I live in a (circa 1760) house in a conservation area and green belt, and I wish to extend it as follows: 1. Side extension...

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Has anyone any experience of applying for planning permission for a children’s playhouse? Following on from a previous topic, I was provided with this link... https://www.theplayhousecompany.co.uk/planning-guidance This link, and another which I found ...

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...

Hello, I'm currently working out which of several development options are worthwhile and we can afford. Some would definitely require planning permission and some may not. We are considering: full width rear dormer, seperate rear dormers, small front dormer and side extension. I have been...

Hi, I have had an outbuilding built at the bottom of my garden in the last month or so, it falls within 1m of the neighbour's boundary but is built out of concrete blocks. I discovered today that despite me telling the builders that it mustn't be higher than 2.5m in height with a flat sloped...

Hi there, sorry this is a long post! I’m hoping for some advice. Property developers have bought the semi detached house next to ours and plan to turn around works quickly to get it rented out. We are semi detached also but not joined to this neighbour. Previous owners of our house extended...

Hi, We have just purchased a house and the front lounge window is completely made of glass as pictured below. We want to replace this with a bay window and have been told buy the people we got a quote from that "No need for planning permission as we are not widening the window only changing...

I have a plot of land that was granted planning permission to be used as a car show room about five years ago. Last year I got planning permission for "change of use" to a car park. I would now like to again use the site for a car show room and remove the car park. Do I need planning permission...

Hi, I have some experience of the planning system and have obtained lawful development certificates in the past to confirm the lawfulness of the planning status of a building. However, I currently have a situation I have not seen before with regards to the 4 year rule and the concept of...

Hi folks, We're starting having a single storey extension built to the rear of our Victorian terraced house, only 5m2 but expanding the full width of the house a bit further. We have full planning permission granted, as had to apply because there is a prior extension to the rear as well...

Today I received my decision notice from Lewisham planning department unfortunately I've been refused a Certificate of Lawful Development for a loft conversion as the sky light on the flat roof was protruding beyond the highest point of the original pitched roof (~10cm). This wasn't really...

hi just looking for some advise. We had a conservatory built two years ago. We applied for planning which we later found out our neighbour had disputed although it was passed upon two regulations. First we had to kept to the correct sizes (which reduced our build considerably) and secondly the...

Hi, I recently bought a house which has a large garden. The property has a history going back to the 1700s and is within a conservation area (it isn’t listed). Having done some research, I’ve discovered that there was once an ale house/dwelling at the very bottom of the garden and I’m now...

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...