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2 flats above a shop is permitted development and does not require consent.. Unless your in an area with specific restrictions. The overriding benefit to the community is a bit rubbish to be fair. It doesn't really matter if your feeding the 5,000, you're creating a retail shop (A1) it will have...

Can you get 2 flats above what would be the new retail shop? You could utilise your permitted development rights for that; including that in your application to strengthen your argument. Sounds like they are generic policies to stop lots of housing going. If it's in a shopping district, use...

He's fine to carry on using that for the existing use of course. However, If he requires consent from the council for say, change of use to holiday home, then he will have to meet their statutory regs, suitable access etc. It's probably archaic and a not really designed for cars. That's why I...

From what I gather, it's not a planning condition that is being imposed, it's design issues. Sound to me like the access to the site is unsuitable for vehicular traffic due to visibility. The planners won't approve it because it's not safe (doesn't meet their policies, doesn't provide much of a...

Yep, lower the wall so there is no Highway safety issues and provide more amenity space. I assume you have put a planning application in and received reasons for refusal?

R.E. is there anything you have missed - Sorry I have only just looked at your existing plans - I assume everything on the existing plan is original (except the first floor side yellow block?) Your proposed rear single storey extension (and as a result the 2 storey section) looks like it is...

Yep got that, the area above the red line is a first floor side extension that's been added. The rear wall is measured from the original rear wall, wherever that is. So, if you aren't going past a rear wall then it's a side extension. In this case if you went 2 storey all across the back then...

Probably not. To do this would rely on the new case law that Tony posted about a few weeks back assessing only the proposal in permitted development, rather than the extensions to the house as a whole. I haven't seen anyone use this new precedent and I think most LPA's are keeping to the old...

The width of the original house is calculated as whatever was original to it when it was built, including the garage. In this instance the blue extension would not be greater than half the width of the original, and as Nakajo says, appears to be permitted under the NCS.

It's not a statutory obligation - as long as they are to scale it's fine, unless you just want to make the planning officers job very easy. I don't personally see many with that sort of annotation on. Ditto above. That's why you have a plan that you can scale from.

Indeed you can no longer extend the time on planning applications, the ability to do that stopped a couple of years ago. You can maybe argue commencement by arguing that by doing one or 2 of the minor works in the approval that you have started, but it's probably not worth the hassle. I would...

This would be my view as well, thus requiring planning permission.

Firstly I would not recommend this at all. Secondly if you were to ignore that advice, then yep, whack it up. It does sounds like it's probably something that is not going to be supported in planning terms. If someone complains (you never know - no one might report it and then you are fine...

Closest thing is Class A, section D for householder PD. "The installation of solid wall insulation constitutes an improvement rather than an enlargement or extension to the dwellinghouse and is not caught by the provisions of d(i) and d(ii)." Think that only relates to cladding and external...

Speak with your local building control guys, sure. You don't HAVE to have a full suite of drawings for Building Regs. They are useful but not necessary. Speak with the Local authorities Building Control guys, get yourself a decent builder and submit the works on a building notice if you are...

As long as your garage is no higher than 2.5m in height and doesn't take up more than 50% of your back garden, you won't need planning permission.

This. Bear in mind that solicitors may not want to complete a sale when there's enforcement issues live on the site. The issue itself might take months to sort if you do raise it. You could get a few quotes for the work and factor this into the price of the property so you can sort it. Whoever...

I've been talking about 1 thing the majority of the thread - The second image, the drawing labelled "current wrap". The neighbour has equal opportunity to comment in both types of application, they have a bit more importance in the prior notification application, because if they don't...

The "Current Wrap" extension is definitely both a single storey side and rear extension (Looking at the "3D view of proposed extension" in the corner) - The site plan itself is drawn quite badly rather than having a separate existing and proposed plan. The width (measured at the greatest part)...

Class A Prior Approval conditions A.4 (3) ensures that prior notification must meet any conditions or limitations permitted by Class A. A.1 J says that development is not permitted to: Any extension that extends beyond a wall forming a side elevation and would have a greater width than 50% of...