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I've talked to a few professionals and decided to go down the "Permission in principle" route - which I think will get me to a full approval status (assuming the 'design' is reasonable) without having to draw up plans etc. The pre-application enquiry route doesn't give a definite answer. I may...

We are outside the village - 500m away from the nearest house. Yes the annex route I understand is not much of a problem. When you say 'sit on it' - do you mean create the annex and then apply later for change of use?

Hi Mottie "Looks like it’s already a dwelling?" Ha ha - yes it's been built to look like a little house already but behind those cute windows and door it's just a a big dusty old garage : )

Hi Jeds "I don’t see any immediate issue." That's encouraging to hear : ) I presumed there would be resistance to 'creating a new house in the countryside'. Thanks for the advice

Just to clarify - everything inside the blue line is ours - it is our drive, our garage and our house. The red line is our proposal - to convert garage to separate independent dwelling - we would share the drive between our existing house and the new house (former garage)

We have 0.55 acre plot with our house and an old detached farm building/garage. It is in the country (500m outside the village). There are a few houses either side of us. This garage is approx 1000 sq ft footprint. I have made a sketch : ) The blue line is the current boundary of existing...