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Following on from my earlier question above what are the requirements (legal or policy) that govern the submission of a site plan with a planning application? From what I have seen from plans I've viewed on line almost all domestic applicants use an ordnance survey map which they obtain by...

Hello I have applied for planning permission to put a small extension on the front of my house. As is normal the parish council are consulted by the district council planners. My neighbour has challenged the accuracy of the site plan (which is the ordnance survey map). The parish council has...

Hello I am about to move out of my house while builders move in and modernise the whole house. Part of that work is installing a new central heating system. To save money I want to remove the old system - radiators, copper piping and tank - and sell the metal for scrap. I am thinking that I...

Hello We are finally about to start building work on a extension under permitted development. The builder asked me whether our rainwater drains into the public drains or if we have a soakaway. I told him I thought it went into the drains. Later that day I was speaking to my neighbour, who...

Hi, Steve Thanks for your post. We have applied for a CoLD and a Householder Enquiry Form to avoid any doubt as to whether or not our rear extension and loft conversion are PD or need planning permission. On the loft PD our local authority says on its website that all loft conversions have...

Well we have done as the planner asked and completed a Householder Enquiry form so that he can tell us formally whether or not we need planning permission or whether it falls within PD. Why he couldn't have formally responded to our questions and plans I don't know. I suppose you must have the...

Can you tell mr what the CoLD process is? Does a planner visit? Do they seek comments from neighbours and councillors as they do for planning? What happens in the 8 weeks between application and decision?

So is the correct route to a solution to apply for a lawful development certificate rather than a Householder Enquiry form which in the case of the latter is what we thought we were doing when the planner invited the dialogue with us. Does a Certificate of Lawfulness allow you to start work...

That's easy enough to say Freddie but when someone who in their professional capacity gives advice which we have followed you expect them to follow that through. Why couldn't he tell 2 1/5 weeks ago that we should follow the route he's now suggesting? Is he hoping it will be allocated to another...

Following on from my earlier post about PD. We submitted plans and a PD checklist which we believed our plans conformed to a planner who had previously said he was happy to look at as many drawings as we cared to submit for opinion. After having our PD request for two weeks he has now said he...

We have two Adirondack chairs made of cedar and we use Tung Oil. It seems to be good for them. One word of warning. The Tung oil whiffs a bit when you put it on and until the fresh air disperses it. But it is a small price to pay for a nice finish.

Thanks, all. I have submitted drawings and a checklist of PD requirements. I will see what the planners say.

Hello. The foregoing discussion is really interesting and helpful to me, someone who is looking to extend under permitted development rules after a couple of knock backs on previous planning apps for a rear extension. I am pretty confident that our design complies with all the...

Thanks zim zim. We've since heard that they won't allow us to extend the roof beyond rear wall of the house but will allow us to extend beyond roof on the two thirds of the roof that are farthest from the neighbour who has objected. Seems illogical to us. We are now pursuing a lift conversion...

Wavetrain, thank you so much for your helpful opinion.

I've added an OS plan. Position B indicates our extension and the point (roughly that the planner has said we have the end the extension on the right giving us the offset arrangement. Position B is our neighbour's bedroom window. It appears that the planner is using a rough 45 degree rule to...

I'll try to upload some plans. The problem I have is that our neighbours house isn't easy to survey even just the rear elevation because of all his hedges and trees. The horizontal 45degree line crosses our original house which has been there nearly 60 years so we'll have to hope the...

I have spoken to a planning consultant and he mentioned the 45 degree rule, which I have heard of, but always though the line came out horizontally from the chosen window. He said the line can also come up vertically to demonstrate whether a two story extension may cause a loss of light. Is this...

In our favour. But using PD would be a last resort. But I have heard that PD can still be overruled if someone objects. We feel the planners decision is a result of the objection and isn't rational or reasonable. The haven't applied the same rule to our none objecting neighbours.

We have withdrawn the plans on advice from the planner. Our agent is our architect who about three weeks ago was in dialogue with planners who indicated the plans were okay. She set about putting building drawings together than last week contacted planning again and they advised that we withdraw...