what percentage of the garden can now be legally paved?

[ey143]

Does anyone know what percentage of a front garden needs to remain grass / soil etc for SUDS / flood risk factor etc when seeking planning permission for house extensions or paving of front garden?

 

[GavChap]

All the info you need is right here: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/pavingfrontgarden/

5 square meters, unless it's permeable.

 

[ey143]

Thanks. I should have mentioned that I looked at that site before. If I plan to pave more than 5m squared and use traditional non permeable block paving, but leave an area of the garden to be grass or rainwater garden, say a semi circle type carriage drive way so that water can be directed there, does it mean I am ok and don't need to apply for planning permission ?

 

[tony1851]

If all the run-off from your paving (permeable or not) discharges only into your garden, you don't need p.p.