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Captain Nemesis
With a house with bay windows, is the line you can't go forward of that of the main wall or of the windows?
It's a moot point, but probably both the main wall, and the wall of a bay window.
See page 15 (or thereabouts) of the Guidance for Householders, there's a diagram showing where you can't build beyond.
Why would it need an inspector to determine that? It seems common sense that the line would follow the line of the wall, it actually says so in the guide, and for at least as long as I've had teeth, the concept of a building line as been clear - a line that follows the building wall.An inspector determined that the line beyond which you can't build is simply a line through and parallel to the front elevation, extended to either side as far as the site boundary, regardless of the bend of the road.
I agree with Woody - it seems b*****n obvious that lines are wrt the building. From what Clifford says there could perhaps be some debate over which is the principal elevation, but other than that...
What is the principle elevation or side elevations fronting a road are clearly defined in the guidance.Fair enough. But that does produce some potentially bizare results with a bendy road and a very long road frontage.
A house facing the point of a U-bend for example could have a back garden with a long road "frontage" entirely behind the straight building line as defined.
There will only be one principal elevation on a house. Where there are two elevations which may have the character of a principal elevation, for example on a corner plot, a view will need to be taken as to which of these forms the principal elevation.What is the principle elevation or side elevations fronting a road are clearly defined in the guidance.
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