Recent content by Smiffy55

So 3 people, including the builder, think that it will be 6 m and 1thinks 4 m. I think I'll put in a request for prior approval and hope that there aren't any objections. The LPA has a presumption against extensions greater than 4 m so would reject it if there were. Plan B if I don't get PA is...

@woody, the builder wanted a plan sketch and a side elevation. The thinking was that, since he is a builder and I'm not, we would develop the details to a point where he could give me a quote for labour and materials.

@tony1851 I'm happy to search the Planning Jungle but do you have any links. Please don't go doing a search that I could do myself.

I can see why my builder backed off and why the guy at the LPA was less than committed. The builder suggested that I started a whole new roof on the extension, hipped on all sides with a valley between it and the original roof. I don't want to do this because it would look cr*p and l would have...

Thanks for that. So I can apply for a LDC (suggested by the guy from the council to get a definite answer) with confidence and then re-engage with the builder? I had intended to get a LDC anyway but was thrown by the builder.

Hi there, I'd like to build an extension 4m deep by 5m wide on the back of my detached house. The house was built with the ground floor 2m deeper than the 1st floor so there is a 2m deep protusion across the whole of the back with a pitched roof covering it. I thought that I could run a roof...