Digging a trench in my front garden

[Jethro_1111]

Hi,

I would appreciate some advice on a trench that i dug in my front garden and whether I need to apply for retrospective planning permission. I live in a Victorian terrace and built a sunken bike shed in the front garden. To do this I dug a trench behind the wall which faces onto the pavement. It is 2m long by .5m wide and .3m deep. I built a wooden cover over the top so that the bikes are well hidden. The trench is far enough away from the house so it doesn't impact the foundations.

We are in the process of selling our house and need to it to go through quickly to hit the stamp duty holiday.

Will this come up in the survey, require planning permission and hold up the selling or is it small enough that no one will care?

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[johnny2007]

It's a hole in the garden.
Who cares???

 

[^woody^]

Cover it will polythene, dump some black sacks or suchlike for now to keep the surveyor away

 

[Jethro_1111]

Thanks for the reply Johnny. That's what I thought when I originally built it but since then we have had different opinions on whether it's legit or not. Just trying to get some reassurances that it's not going to be a issue.

 

[^woody^]

Seriously, a 300mm trench is not a planning issue.

 

[Jethro_1111]

Great, thanks.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

The shed might be an issue. Get rid of that and what you've got is a spot of unfinished gardening - you were going to plant shrubs.

 

[big-all]

you need planning permission for any shed forward off principal elevation[front face off house]
so as others have said fill with gravel or compost
read the bullet points
https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/43/outbuildings

 

[lostinthelight]

Shove a bit of compost in and some bean sticks along it ...

 

[^woody^]

I'd pick that up as being out of season for runners

 

[lostinthelight]

I'd pick that up as being out of season for runners

It was the way I was originally taught to grow beans.
https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/maintain-the-garden/how-to-make-a-composting-trench/

 

[^woody^]

Well I never

 

[Captain Nemesis]

you need planning permission for any shed forward off principal elevation[front face off house]

What counts as a "shed"? I went for a walk today and noticed in a house I passed that theyd got a small wooden structure (basically a cupboard, really) as a bin store. Did they need PP?

 

[big-all]

if no one complains your fine
like most things the more thoughtful you are the less chance there is off upsetting people causing an item to come to the planning departments attention and there interpretation wrongly or rightly off what's allowed

 

[HERTS P&D]

Put a large cross at the end and tell them it's were the mother in law is buried.



Andy