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It doesn't say it expressly. It's only from interpretation of the GPDO that you can surmise about wrap around extensions. And when you need to interpret law, you get different interpretations. Yet another reason why the GPDO 2008 is the government equivalent of a Noddy book. For what it's...

No, PD rights in conservation areas are the same across England, except in instances where a planning permission has specifically removed some or all of the PD rights on a property, or where an Article 4 Direction has been imposed to remove PD rights across a specific geographical area. I'll...

Before 24 August 2005, permissions were granted for five years. Since that date, permissions have been granted with a three year life span. If you haven't commenced work before the permission lapses, the permission is unimplemented and is dead. You therefore need to apply for planning...

Well there's your first mistake. Building control and planning are very different beasts. What is acceptable under one regime won't neccessarily past muster under the other. Let's put it this way: if I wanted to put a toilet in the middle of my new PD kitchen extension at the back of the...

That's because the 2008 Order doesn't define what a porch is, other than telling you that a PD porch measures no more than 3sqm in floor area and no more than 3m in height. But you can't have freestanding porch, nor can you install a porch on anything other than a dwellinghouse without requiring...

The definition of a porch is an extension attached to a dwelling in front of any external door. If it exceeds the PD tolerance of 3sqm and exceeds 3m in height, then it's no longer a porch. It then becomes just an extension for which planning permission is required. What you put inside a...

Presumably this is because there's no railing, parapet or other means of enclosure to stop you falling off. My understanding of the Building Regs is that you need a 1.1m high enclosure around the veranda. Nothing, apart from common sense and the foresight that you might fall off and break...

Hotrod is correct. But bear in mind that having removed the chimney you will need planning permission to reinstate it at a later date.

We are making decisions on the most confused parts of the PD Order. My point is that from local authority to local authority you will find very little consistency. Until someone has what they think is a PD extension refused and then goes to appeal, we won't have a definitive answer. I...

If I might be so bold as to add my twopennorth: The 2008 amendment to General Permitted Development Order is a total mess. We warned the Communities and Local Government department about this when the draft Order was published for consultation last year. It should come as no surprise that...

It's probably condensation. A cast iron soil pipe is likely to be the coldest fixture in your bathroom. Next time your missus has finished in the bathroom (presumably having spent half an hour in the shower) check underneath the soil pipe. You'll probably find a noticeable dew drop on the underside.

Under S184 of the Highways Act (which concerns crossovers and dropped kerbs) I was under the impression that permission is usually only refused on the basis of likely harm to the safety of other highway users i.e. vehicular or pedestrian traffic, not on the basis that there is insufficient room...

Yep. You got me. Never disputed that. My point was that a 5m3 breach is more likely to be enforced against than 0.5m3 breach. As for the remedy, you have three options: 1) Make an application for planning permission to retain the works as carried out. 2) Take the advice of the...

How much over the 40m3 have you gone? Does the Council have a planning policy on dormer extensions? It may be that the Council - when it actually has control over such extensions - tries to resist dormers. The Council will only take enforcement action where it considers expedient to do...

The relevant piece of legislation you need to quote is the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations 2007. All advertisements need consent. The Regulations, however, give consent to certain advertisments by default, provided they meet certain criteria. This is called...

I've no idea about building regulations, but I can tell you categorically that you don't need planning permission to demolish a chimney. However, having demolished it, you would need planning permission to rebuild it, assuming the chimney stack would project beyond the plane of the roof. The...

It sounds like your neighbour hasn't yet installed these units, so that's encouraging for a start. These units require planning permission. You might like to remind your neighbour of this fact. There are two primary considerations when assessing applications for mechanical plant: 1) How will...

Might just be the right time for a polite reminder to the planning officer. The phrase "he who shouts loudest gets dealt with first" has more than a ring of truth to it, trust me. I really do wish people would appeal against ridiculous conditions, often imposed to appease the local...

Totally agree with Richard C. A 1.4m high deck is taking the mickey. You might get away with .4 or .5 on a steep slope but not 1.4m. These sort of retrospective planning applications land on my desk with alarming regularity. And there's a very simple way of dealing with them: I ask myself...

Woody, are you really sure about this? In my version of the GPDO 2008 (Class E, Condition E.1(d) states that development is not permitted if: the height of the building, enclosure or container would exceed: (i) 4 metres in the case of a dual-pitched roof. (ii) 2.5 metres in the case of a...