Recent content by Pike999

Sadly we are on top of a very very high hill. When we go shopping 5 miles away, we can see our house from there!

The house is the principle elevation We are in the countryside. In front of the house are 6 fields backing on to each other. The road is on the horizon behind them...about 1/2-1 mile away The question is more whether this 'principle elevation' issue relates to decking under 30cm tall Half...

Woody, Sincere thanks for your attention on this. I had read the technical document you refer me to above My layman's take is a deck cannot be a building. But that's applying commensense. That and the law are strange bedfellows. The definition also includes an 'enclosure' and I'd guess they...

Woody, There's no one more curious than me. I've searched and searched. I see hundreds of posts on the internet re the 30cm from the ground rule (and where you measure from etc) Haven't found a SINGLE post highlighting the issue of decks forward of the building line You'd think there would be...

Here's a councils planning poetal / website...specifically applying to decking:- Planning Permission Putting up decking, or other raised platforms, in your garden is permitted development, not needing an application for planning permission, providing: The decking is no more than 30cm above...

Can't say I've EVER done planning. Given the circs, anyone know of the cost and likely hood of this being passed?

And was I right in decoding 'principle elevation' to mean the houses building line?

It seems others disagree...and the rule about being forward of the building line IS there, in the regs....

It's in front, but to the side, so I'm guessing planning WILL be required?

New here..hope folk can help! I live in a detached house in the countryside - middle of nowhere. To the front of my house is a grass garden that goes 10 metres forward from the house and 30 metres either side of the house. If you carry on forward you end up in a fenced off 2.5 acre field that...