Front onto Highway

[Biker1959]

South Ribble Council provide an advice leaflet showing an example of a single storey extension which does NOT require Planning Permission, as long as you can answer NO to a list of questions. One of the questions asks if the proposal "Fronts onto a Highway". What does this mean in plain english?

 

[Diyisfun]

Is it at the front of the property, ie a rear extension is NO
A porch on the front is YES

 

[Biker1959]

Is it at the front of the property, ie a rear extension is NO
A porch on the front is YES

The proposal is at the side of the property and the full question reads: " Does the Proposal front onto a highway and forms either the principal elevation or a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse

 

[peca27]

You've just answered your own question mate, it's a side extension..........it therefore forms part 'the principal elevation or a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse'.

Was that a trick question

 

[^woody^]

Fronts a highway means "faces a highway"

A highway does not just mean a road, it can be a public path

The principle elevation is just that - the principle or main elevation of the property. This can be the front, side or rear elevation depending on the character and design of the property

 

[Biker1959]

So from what you are saying if the road (highway) is at the front, a side extention does not front unto the highway then.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Have a look through here: http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/100806_PDforhouseholders_TechnicalGuidance.pdf Class A page 8 onwards and specifically Page 13 for definition of the 'front'.