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good idea but their definition of commencement is having the building inspector round for initial site visit. Of course if we knew they were changing the rules we'd have had him round straight away but nobody knew until they did it. I thought the new rules were meant to make it easier to...

Yeah, I've been down that road and they won't accept that we'd commenced work. So does that rule mean all bungalow extensions need permission?

we had started digging the foundations but we didn't have the building inspector round which is their definition of commencement

Hi, we submitted the drawings and they came back as passed but it was not planning permission as at that time it was permitted development. This was in July. In October they introduced the eaves rule and applied that to our extension as we hadn't commenced work. I just don't think that rule...

Okay, what a nightmare I'm having. I had plans (not planning permission) approved for a bungalow extension last July which at the time was allowed under permitted development. So when I booked the building inspector to visit last month I receive a letter from the council saying due to the...

So yes? I'm not talking the whole thing just some of the basics to cut costs

Hi guys, I'm a fairly competent DIYer and we would like to add a single story extension to our bungalow. I have never done this sort of work before, about the nearest I've come was building an outside garden wall! I was just wondering what of the work I could do myself and what parts...