Hi thanks for this videos on permitted development they are very helpful and clear, I have a quick question. If I have a semidetached house like the one you show in the video can I do a loft conversion and the extension at the same time? both of course following the guidelines for PD. Some one has told me that I can only get one PD on the property. Thank you!
My next door neighbour did this four years ago and built 1 ft over the boundary. The local authority do not want to know. He had no party wall agreement, no surveys. It’s going to cot me 50 k just to get him into court.We need more controls not less.
so to clarify - a rear extension 6m depth can be 4m high at the rear wall with a flat roof or pitch going down to 3m at the front eves ? where do you measure the front eves from on sloping land?
i currently have a small prefab garage at the end of my garden leading to back lane and i would like to build a bigger garage/workshop in the same spot under permitted development, the garage is on a concrete base that is level with the road in the back lane of my house but is about 20 cm higher than the garden right next to the concrete base and because of this im unsure where im supposed to take the measurement for the 2.5m max height
So if I build a small annexe for my Dad who cares for me, would this be allowed as permitted development because he’s my father & I need him to live with us to care for me but he needs his own space. Could we follow all the rules. Would he be allowed his own separate kitchen & toilet & shower room, he would still need our mains amenities.. I’ve been looking at small garden rooms to cover building regs as he will be living & sleeping in it.
How would one go about finding out if a house has used up it's 'Permitted Development' rights? .. Currently house searching and seeing a few houses where they've built lean to's and one has a lean to on the side of the property which they've also attached to the garage. Would a Lean to be considered as using up the Permitted Development rights?.. and what would be the procedure of wanting to knock that down and creating a single side extension to replace it?.. Would we not be allowed.. of course this is all hypothetical but i wouldn't want to buy a property in the hopes of extending only to find out we couldn't because of some 'Permitted development' nonsense... Great videos by the way, very informative! glad i stumbled across them. Keep them coming for sure!
I take it the 50m2 is a limit of permitted development, so can be greater if planning is sought? What's the reason for the limitation? Just to stop uncontrolled development?
So ive been seeing online that if i want to build a summerhouse it can only be 30m2 internall measurement, now im hearing it can take up 50% of the gardens including the house, so which one is it? Also, is the 2.5m height rule from the highest point in the garden or from the nearest point to a boundry?
Great video, can we do hip to gable, the a flat roof rear dormer that is connected to the new plane created byvthe hip to gable? So basically an L shaped dormer consisting of a hip to gable, and a rear dormer? Cheers
Hi! The best explanations I could find, thank you. I want to build a conservatory at the rear, I live in a terraced house. I would like to know how close to the neighbour's fence it can be, how wide and how tall, also if it can have a pitched tiled roof, all of these without planning permission. Thank you very much in advance.
What about extension over a flat roofed garage/part of living room for a detached house. is planning permission required for that? And is it generally easy to get ie Building upwards such that you raise the flat roof section to the same height as the current roof.
Does my neighbour need planning permission to lay decking in there garden as he has laid it in the back garden and we have no privacy at all anymore We have a 6 foot standard double panelled fence for privacy since he has laid it he can see over the fence and the top of the fence goes up to about his chest (hes roughly 6ft tall) were as before it was laid we couldnt see each other
I built an outbuilding in my garden at the back which was previously a garage made from wood and cardboard. Architects I can build without planning permission. Unfortunately someone complained and now I have a PCN OF UNAUTHORISED CHANGE OF USE OF OUTBUILDING 😮 THE officer came before this to me to take measurements it was only 2 to 3 inches in height he said but he said that shouldn't be a problem. However I guess they have some sort of problem.
Great if could do similar for terraced property L shaped extensions eg London boros . Also for A2 Direction. Many thanks for your clear explanations and efforts so far - very helpful. All councils could do similar….
Hi mate , i got planning approved and building work on going. I know have the valuation officers wanting to pop over to see if it needs to be council taxed which i think is outrageous. Its soley for storage and gym with toilet shower, any idea how i avoid this please?
Hi, in the video you say a terraced property can only extend 3m out, could you please clarify if this has been changed to 6m? And if this will come under PD?
My question I'm looking for an answer to... We've bought our new home, moving soon. It's detached but with suitable privacy. Cul de sac situated. So, it possess a detached garage, garage is concrete base, block wall/render, tiled roof. But I want to extend, widen, rise the extension of the garage. I want to install a 2 post lift and then rise a car and stand under it. I intend to cut a section out, dismantle the portion to the rear. Pour the new concrete, build the block, add the new roof. Would this require permission as yes, the garage already exists, but I am modifying it. It wouldn't have any impact on others.
Hi! The semi detached house is the same as mine. Question: can you please confirm then if building on top of an existing garage allowing for more rooms within the semi detached property?
is the 3m height from the ground ?. my property is on a slight slope so if you extend the floor level of the house out to the extension i will already be 1.5 metres above the ground. That would mean from the floor to the roof would only be 1.5m, not tall enough to stand up in
