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Hi Guys,
Just need some advice or if someone else has been in this situation I could really do with understanding what you did.
Ok, so I just brought a house, a 1920's semi. It has a kitchen and toilet downstairs at the rear of the house. I decided to extend that area to square off the end off the house to open up the kitchen area.
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My architect said I didn't need planning permission, I have that in writing.
So i started building, laid the foundation, rearranged foul and surface water and started to put the damp proof membrane down.
I had the build inspector come round and sign the footings and drainage off.
This morning a little letter came through the letter box stating that the building will need planning permission. I called the council and because its 6.4m in length from the rear wall it needs planning. If it was 6m or below it would be ok. 0.4m over!
Has anyone been in this situation? What did you do?
I contacted my architect and he's going to submit all the need documents for planning and I have to pay the fee.
Do I need to report this architect for bad practice?
Do I carry on building?
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Kind regards
Dan.
I'm now going to drink a very large bottle of wine
Just need some advice or if someone else has been in this situation I could really do with understanding what you did.
Ok, so I just brought a house, a 1920's semi. It has a kitchen and toilet downstairs at the rear of the house. I decided to extend that area to square off the end off the house to open up the kitchen area.
(see image)
View media item 91956
My architect said I didn't need planning permission, I have that in writing.
So i started building, laid the foundation, rearranged foul and surface water and started to put the damp proof membrane down.
I had the build inspector come round and sign the footings and drainage off.
This morning a little letter came through the letter box stating that the building will need planning permission. I called the council and because its 6.4m in length from the rear wall it needs planning. If it was 6m or below it would be ok. 0.4m over!
Has anyone been in this situation? What did you do?
I contacted my architect and he's going to submit all the need documents for planning and I have to pay the fee.
Do I need to report this architect for bad practice?
Do I carry on building?
Any advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks.
Kind regards
Dan.
I'm now going to drink a very large bottle of wine