Recent content by Ollie2

Thanks @DevilDamo. I was reading the guidance last night and that’s what I feared. Any guidance on the most cost effective way of getting through planning permission?

@DevilDamo see attached photo. The sliding door opens into the garden room which is 2.2m from the back of the original house. I measured the natural ground level at the back of the original house from the neighbours side and it’s approx 0.6m from the house floor

@DevilDamo will do tomorrow when there's some light!

@DevilDamo the back of the house still drops around 0.7m to the ground level, so that would give me 4m - 0.7m = 3.3m to play with for roof height? Ok will look for roof lights that don’t protrude more than 150mm above the roof finish!

@DevilDamo would roof lights on a flat roof count as part of the total roof height?

Thanks for the responses and that is clear. The height should be measured from the natural ground level at the back of the original house where the extension will start from. And the roof height is measured from the eaves at the lowest point of the flat roof, ie at the back of the extension...

Hi All, I'm planning a single storey rear extension on my 1930s terraced house - 4.5m deep, full width of the house - 6m. The house is on naturally sloping land, higher at the front. At the back of the house, there is a 0.7m drop to the patio and then a 0.4m drop to the original ground level...