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hi,
I've a really well built brick garage behind my house, built in about 1950 and had a corrugated concrete asbestos roof. side door windows and obviously garage doors to the front. it sits 1 metre behind my house and the outer wall is on the boundary with the neighbours garden.
we had an extension to the side of our house done a number of years ago which filled up the drive to the garage, so now it's sat in the back garden with no vehicular access. I've decided to do it up, brick up the garage doors, new windows and side door, new roof, plaster boarded out, carpet it and let the kids run riot in there.
Originally the roof was double pitched and the height was 3.2m at the apex
i'm planning to do a flat roof on it to stay within the PDR but the thing is my garden is on a very slight incline so at the back 2.5m on the outside wall gives me a ceiling height of about 2.4m but if i measure at the front outside 2.5m gives me about 2.3m ceiling height.
I've spoken to planning and they said below 2.5m nothing is required. above would need PP. but where can i legally say i measured it from and defend myself? also, how do i stand if i tried to take a cheeky 10cm extra on the basis that this is a refurb of a building thats been there for at least 40 years at a height of 3.2m
i did read something about measurements have to be taken from the highest point of natural ground, where is this stated and can i use that to help me?
I also explained all of what i wanted to do to building regs and he said, it a garage, less than 30m sq. so wasnt interested. when i pressed him about the use of the building, he insisted it's just a very posh garage. you really don't need anything.
also, where exactly would you say the eaves were on a flat roof building?
Thoughts greatfully recieved.
I've a really well built brick garage behind my house, built in about 1950 and had a corrugated concrete asbestos roof. side door windows and obviously garage doors to the front. it sits 1 metre behind my house and the outer wall is on the boundary with the neighbours garden.
we had an extension to the side of our house done a number of years ago which filled up the drive to the garage, so now it's sat in the back garden with no vehicular access. I've decided to do it up, brick up the garage doors, new windows and side door, new roof, plaster boarded out, carpet it and let the kids run riot in there.
Originally the roof was double pitched and the height was 3.2m at the apex
i'm planning to do a flat roof on it to stay within the PDR but the thing is my garden is on a very slight incline so at the back 2.5m on the outside wall gives me a ceiling height of about 2.4m but if i measure at the front outside 2.5m gives me about 2.3m ceiling height.
I've spoken to planning and they said below 2.5m nothing is required. above would need PP. but where can i legally say i measured it from and defend myself? also, how do i stand if i tried to take a cheeky 10cm extra on the basis that this is a refurb of a building thats been there for at least 40 years at a height of 3.2m
i did read something about measurements have to be taken from the highest point of natural ground, where is this stated and can i use that to help me?
I also explained all of what i wanted to do to building regs and he said, it a garage, less than 30m sq. so wasnt interested. when i pressed him about the use of the building, he insisted it's just a very posh garage. you really don't need anything.
also, where exactly would you say the eaves were on a flat roof building?
Thoughts greatfully recieved.