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Hi I am in a bit of a mess and wondered if anyone could help with advice
We have permission to build a two story side extension and loft conversion by raising the ridge and adding dormers and skylights
On our planning approval it states that the extension is to be built with the same material colour and texture of the existing dwelling a vague condition and open for interpretation in my view because
from the beginning we have always planned to reface our existing building in a new facing brick as the old red ones were ugly and miss mash from previous works by the previous owners we even had the new leaf showing a new brick face drawn on our approved drawings sent to the planning as it was what we intended to do
I always thought and I am told we are allowed to reface the existing house without approval as it’s under permitted development and we have done so but we also built the new extension using the new brick as why would you use a similar brick to the existing if you have refaced the existing house we just built it all in the same brick as the new face on the existing house so it all looks the same
we have now received a enforcement notice for breach of condition 3 for not matching the existing dwelling prior to refacing the house a project started prior to building the extension so was done before Building our extension
we thought that because we built the extension after refacing the original walls that we should build the extension to match the existing dwelling as it is now having a new faceing brick so that it’s a cohesive look
obviously this is causing some anxiety and stress as it’s a costly project And to be in this position is not what we wanted nor did we think we were doing something wrong and if the enforcement is anything to go on we have 28 days to rebuild the extension with a red brick this is just an impossibility or seek retrospective planning the issue I have is we don’t have the nicest of neighbours and what will the outcome be because we are already so invested that the costs could cripple us we are at a loss what to do we just thought that by matching the existing dwelling as it is now that we are matching the existing dwelling because there is no red brick anymore and would it not look awful if we had our extension a different brick to the rest I don’t think anyone would build it to look different to the rest it’s a difficult position to be in any help would be appreciated
We have permission to build a two story side extension and loft conversion by raising the ridge and adding dormers and skylights
On our planning approval it states that the extension is to be built with the same material colour and texture of the existing dwelling a vague condition and open for interpretation in my view because
from the beginning we have always planned to reface our existing building in a new facing brick as the old red ones were ugly and miss mash from previous works by the previous owners we even had the new leaf showing a new brick face drawn on our approved drawings sent to the planning as it was what we intended to do
I always thought and I am told we are allowed to reface the existing house without approval as it’s under permitted development and we have done so but we also built the new extension using the new brick as why would you use a similar brick to the existing if you have refaced the existing house we just built it all in the same brick as the new face on the existing house so it all looks the same
we have now received a enforcement notice for breach of condition 3 for not matching the existing dwelling prior to refacing the house a project started prior to building the extension so was done before Building our extension
we thought that because we built the extension after refacing the original walls that we should build the extension to match the existing dwelling as it is now having a new faceing brick so that it’s a cohesive look
obviously this is causing some anxiety and stress as it’s a costly project And to be in this position is not what we wanted nor did we think we were doing something wrong and if the enforcement is anything to go on we have 28 days to rebuild the extension with a red brick this is just an impossibility or seek retrospective planning the issue I have is we don’t have the nicest of neighbours and what will the outcome be because we are already so invested that the costs could cripple us we are at a loss what to do we just thought that by matching the existing dwelling as it is now that we are matching the existing dwelling because there is no red brick anymore and would it not look awful if we had our extension a different brick to the rest I don’t think anyone would build it to look different to the rest it’s a difficult position to be in any help would be appreciated