I have just come across this wonderful website and hope someone can help. I have just had planning permission refused on building a 70m2 bungalow at the bottom of my garden, which is a third of an acre. This was to house my elderly mother . We had kept the plans within the permitted development size i.e under 4m high and not within 2m of the boundary so they couldn't object to the size of it. They did object to that and that it could be sold off as a separate development, which it can't as it is landlocked as the original house that remains is at the point of a triangular plot so there is no access from the front and there are houses and gardens on all other boundaries. We have no intention at any stage to separate the house from the bungalow. The council ( sevenoks, Kent) just don't seem to be listening. Am I in a good position to appeal. Any advice would be really helpful as I can see the costs escalating before I even start.