Planning and Roof ideas

[Kimberley88]

After giving a project I had in mind a little more thought, I have decided to extend my garage by approx. 5 - 6 feet, will I need to get planning permission for this? I have no other extensions.

Provided everything goes to plan, I would need to put a pitched roof on to match up with current roof. Would this be an expensive job? The brick work is block and brick 5 foot forward from the front of garage, no windows, no drainage problems etc. Easy access.

I got told the cost of doing the roof will make the cost not worth the effort. but I am not a builder so have no idea about these things. Any builders in Warrington want a job?

The reason for doing this is 5 foot of the garage got used as a utility room and I need a full length garage, if I rip out the utility my life will not be worth living. Incidentally my neighbour wants exactly the same thing doing.

Basically I just want to extend the garage walls 5 or 6 feet forward and stick a roof on. Reuse existing door etc. Internally the garage is 9 feet wide. Inside the existing pitched roof is just open loft space.

Is this a big job?

 

[peca27]

Yes you would need planning for it - you are changing the footprint + appearance of the building.

Extending out by 6 foot is possible, but the the new pitched roof over the extension will be of a similar appearance to the mini roof you have over the upper window on the photo.

If you and you're neighbour are definite about doing the job, I'm only in Leeds + can offer my services to get the drawings done + application submitted. Let me know if you're interested.........if not good luck

 

[Richard C]

PP is almost a certainty. Have you though about extending to full height? With the cost of new footings & extending the low level garage pitched roof around the side, it may well be more cost effective to go the whole hog!

To give you some idea, I was given a fully itemised quote of just over £26k for a similar extension around 2 years ago; it involves extending over an existing garage similar to yours with a separate stair access to a new 6m x 4m bedroom with en-suite & windows front & back; I’ve yet to go ahead with it but I’m hoping it won’t have gone up too much due to the current economic gloom!

 

[jeds]

If you are extending towards a highway (which it looks like you are) then PP will be needed.

 

[noseall]

is there any room to the left of the building?

if so, build the garage there and convert the existing to habitable.

it could even have a pitched roof that could merge with the existing canopy, pitching front to back.

or am i talking out of my.....