Double storey side extension - next to council allotment

[dahokolomoki]

Q: Can I build a double storey side extension, all the way up to the side boundary, where on the other side is an council-owned allotment?

Context: House is semi detached. On the right is the attached neighbouring house. On the left is a 4m gap to the boundary. On the other side of the boundary are no buildings for half a mile, just allotments.

I'm thinking of purchasing this property. I know that if the left boundary was typical (e.g. facing another semi-detached house or a highway) that there are strict restrictions on a double-storey extension and also on how close to the boundary you could build. But in this situation, where the boundary is to an allotment, does this change anything?

I know that this wouldn't fall under PD and I would still have to get full Planning Permission, but should I even have hopes this could be granted?

 

[^woody^]

Probably

 

[tony1851]

You would need to look up your council's policy guidelines for side extensions.
Some councils insist on setting the front of the extension back a little from the front of the house, to avoid a terracing effect if all houses on the road extended to the front - though that would not apply here.
Similarly, some insist on a minimum distance to the side boundary.
You would almost certainly get a decent side extension approved, but how big.....?

 

[Nakajo]

Remember, you don't have to own a site in order to make an application on it - although a successful application may force the purchasing price upwards!

 

[^woody^]

Some councils insist on setting the front of the extension back a little from the front of the house, to avoid a terracing effect

Terracing with the carrots?

 

[tony1851]

Terracing with the carrots?

..."though that would not apply here."

New reading glasses, perhaps?

 

[^woody^]

More carrots

 

[tony1851]