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Hi, We are in the process of buying a house that the vendors says the extension was built in 1960 and also a chimney breast in two rooms (one on top of the other) were removed without remove the top bit in the lift itself. The homebuyers report pulled up that we should ask if planning was...

Hello, could someone advise what the rules are on what you can and cant do with agricultural land? Can you fence it off? What can you put on it...sheds etc? We have purchased a piece of land from the local farmer and want to incorporate it into our garden. Plan to put chickens on it etc Also...

Hello, Looking for someone's unbiased opinion on the following please. We submitted pre-planning advice on your plans from our local council and they came back saying the following...... The current scheme reflects the character of the main dwelling and appears subservient to it. Therefore...

ban-all-sheds - When looking on the help section of this forum it states not to add photos to individual posts you should create an album instead, ulpoad the photos and reference them. I'm not sure why you have decided to direct your anger at me, Im a new user trying to follow the rules. Are you...

thanks Eddieed thats very helpful, I'll try to enquire what kind of step back they would require. ban-all-sheds - plans/photos are availabel to view in my photoalbum on here (named "house") :)

Hi ban-all-sheds I dont understand your comment?

I see, so something like the new image Ive attached you think would be welcomed more by the council? As you can see it's stepped back by 200mm. Can you see any reason why they wouldnt favour this? Can't thank you enough for your help, planning is a mindfield!

Hi DOHdesigns, The reply is from pre application advice, we ahvent submitted any formal planning application yet due to the strict regulations in our area. We have already built in steels to support a second floor (structural engineer calculated them when we had a single storey...

Hello, we are having quite a battle with our local council over planning permission to build over the garage at the side of the house. Our house is part of a pair of semi detached houses in an AONB\conservation area. Ther other side of our house is a restaurant car park and the street itself...

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I have a very long wall that starts off at around 4m and decreases in steps to 2.8m to accomodate our new extension we need to raise the 2,m part of the wall. As the first part of the wall is 4m already do we need planning permission to level it all? The "neighbour" he otherside is a car park of...

Bad news :( With regarded to the comments on the roof, your residence is within a Conservation Area and an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty therefore would not benefit from Class B permitted development rights which cover extensions to the roof of a dwelling. Does anyone have any experience...

yes on the grounds mentioned but the architect came back and said he sees no reason why we can't just submit under permit to develop?

they also mention policy h6b which states that loft and roof extensions should not create the appearence of an extra storey. They said "it is felt that the combination of a hip to gable enlargement and the flat roof dormer would result in the appearence of an extra storey, especially when seen...

thanks Freddy (I too also love cats we have 2!) I did read this post after doing a search for hip to gable but I wondered to the relevance of the councils reply to my planning permission application mentioning the policy about unbalancing the street view! It doesnt mention anything at all about...