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We've stumbled into a nightmare!
We built a 4.8m2 decking at the end of our garden (120ft in length and sloping upwards). It is on the top tier, and this tiering has been part of the garden for at least 50 years I'd say (it's been overgrown for at least 20 years and I'm guessing the tier age by the rocks etc. which are in situ).
The decking is 140mm high at the back which is adjoining the highest ground level sloping down from the gardens that back onto ours. It is then 420mm at the front to make it a level deck.
We understood that the PD for decking was under 300mm from the highest adjoining ground level.
Someone has complained about it however and so the council have gotten involved, and they have just left me a message stating that it needs to be under 300mm all round or we need to apply for planning permission.
We are in the midst of forced sale of the house as my husband has lost his job and we can really do without this to contend with.
Is it correct that it has to be 300mm all the way around? I can't see how this would work on even steeper slopes than ours - are people just not allowed to build anything on them in that case?
We built a 4.8m2 decking at the end of our garden (120ft in length and sloping upwards). It is on the top tier, and this tiering has been part of the garden for at least 50 years I'd say (it's been overgrown for at least 20 years and I'm guessing the tier age by the rocks etc. which are in situ).
The decking is 140mm high at the back which is adjoining the highest ground level sloping down from the gardens that back onto ours. It is then 420mm at the front to make it a level deck.
We understood that the PD for decking was under 300mm from the highest adjoining ground level.
Someone has complained about it however and so the council have gotten involved, and they have just left me a message stating that it needs to be under 300mm all round or we need to apply for planning permission.
We are in the midst of forced sale of the house as my husband has lost his job and we can really do without this to contend with.
Is it correct that it has to be 300mm all the way around? I can't see how this would work on even steeper slopes than ours - are people just not allowed to build anything on them in that case?