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I said this to the planning officer and this was genuinely his response “building don’t have windows in side aspects” I said mine does and he said “well that’s highly unusual”. He hasn’t responded to my email from last Thursday and his phone is switched off again today. I’m at my wits end!

Thank you both so much for your replies, it’s really reassuring to hear that I’m not the only person who feels this is totally open to interpretation by the officer. He hasn’t responded to an email since last Tuesday and his phone is off every day. The application extension expires on Monday...

We are the end terrace and the next two in the row both have either extension/conservatory built to 4m - apparently this was possible under permitted development in that past? Yes it’s just single storey but it’s not specified in the Birmingham design guide if the 45 degree code applies only to...

Hi Mags, My understanding is that permitted development and prior approval will not consider the 45 degree code. You must meet part A.1 of the permitted development guidelines and for prior approval your neighbours need to be notified with a 21 day statutory notification period.

Well that’s where it becomes even more infuriating. I originally applied for prior approval but due to a 30cm ‘extension’ to the old coal store it would have been a wrap around and therefore not permitted development. I withdrew the application on the planning officers advice but only after my...

Hi, I’m looking for some advice please. We submitted a planning application 14 weeks ago. We are the end terrace of 4 and we applied for a 4m rear extension. The neighbour next to us and the neighbour next to them both already have 4m extensions, our neighbours is a conservatory. When the...