A detached garage is to be extended and converted into living accommodation. It is with the curtilage of the existing house. I am pretty sure it would need to be submitted under a Householder Application, but I wanted to check with you. The Council isn't returning calls.
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Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly harder to contact Councils for advice, and many services have stopped until further notice.
I have a house with a detached garage. The proposal is to extend the garage (it will still be separate from the main house) into living accommodation for...
The most I have experienced is 8 weeks above the normal 8 weeks. That was submission to decision. This is something else, validated 12 weeks ago then stopped with nothing in sight.
Thanks for that. The point is that there hasn't been a Public Consultation, or anything, because it hasn't been assigned to an Officer. It has literally been validated (12 weeks ago) and stopped. If they are so far behind, surely they shouldn't be accepting more applications after mine?
I applied for planning in October (Householder). It came back as invalid because the roof lights werent shown as a dotted ling on the ground floor plan(?), but that's not the issue. It was validated in November and I have contacted then (12 weeks later) for a decision but they say ....
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I'm trying to make sense of the Permitted Development Technical Guidance. I want to extend my detached house with a 3.6 m single storey rear extension. The garden is 10m to the rear boundary, so 6.4m would be the new boundary distance. The Technical Guidance states 7 for an extension of...
The difference between my house floor and extension floor is 18mm. What is the the most cost effective way to level them up myself? I was going to go for moisture resistant T and G boards as they come in 18mm and are well within my DIY skills. However, its 38m2 and will cost almost £400. Any...
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I have spent 20 years designing and visualising for architects. Privately, I have done many domestic planning applications for people over that but I want to progress it. I have a really good understanding of Building Regulations and work closely with a Structural Engineer. Over Covid, I...