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Extract from the Scottish Planning Enforcement circular 10/2009 'For the purposes of the 1997 Act, a single, self-contained set of premises can properly be regarded as being in use as a single dwellinghouse if it meets the following criteria: • it comprises a unit of occupation, which can...

John, This is brilliant and is exactly the sort of info I was looking for, what the council could have objections or issues with. I take your points on curtilage and ownership, but the property has its own address 158A. It was the council that gave it its address, I believe. If it were to...

John, it is a separate house nothing to do with our house other than it is in our garden. We do have shared access via the rear of the property, boundaries are vague, but the lease specifies what the occupants are entitled to and it is all owned by us. Does the previous stuff about 1948 have...

We pay 2 full council taxes for the houses. From memory the cottage is a band B and we are band D. We spoke to the council tax people who are more than happy to provide the records as evidence, but the planning guy is off the opinion that council tax doesn't prove anything. We have...

I found the original letter (was filed away in a cupboard, in an envelope, in another envelope). I quote 'I would advise that the change of use of the outbuilding to form a single dwellinghouse constitutes development for which planning permission is required under the above act and as no...

Woody, that is my point exactly, but cannot get any sense out of the council. We are scared that something is not right and we end up needing to kick tenants out. We just don't know whats going on, or why.

Hi, all thanks for your replies. I have been laid up for the last few days, but I am getting better now hence me not replying. I have been to the local library and searched the valuation rolls from 1917 up to 1989 (when it would appear that they stopped listing houses, just businesses) and my...

We bought our house 16 years ago and it had a cottage in the garden. The house and cottage are both about 175-200 years old. We applied for a building warrant to renovate the interior of the cottage. we also contacted planning and were told that if it is a house and we are not changing it...