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I live in first floor maisonette in a purpose built block of four built in 1960. I share the costs on an equal basis of the maintenance of the outside structure and other common parts e.g. roof and foundations with my neighbour below. That is on our side of the block, the adjacent leaseholders do the same on the other side. The original structure of the block was such that the downstairs maisonettes had a recess in the building which ran about a third of the way along the building from the centre line of the block. These formed a little patio area outside the kitchen doors of the ground floor maisonettes and the corresponding recesses in the upstairs maisonettes are cement and asphalt balconies outside their kitchen doors. The difference to the structure now is that my downstairs neighbour has an extension added where his patio recess was, as described above. So his extension roof is my balcony floor and some additional pitched polycarbonate sheeting to take it out about 1 metre proud of the original structure.
My neighbour bought his maisonette about 18 month ago and was told by the vendors when he asked if the extension needed planning permission that it was not big enough. He has now discovered that flats and maisonettes do not come under permitted development rules and that they all need planning permission. At least that's what the local planning departments web site says. The extension has probably been up undiscovered by the planning dept about 10 years possibly more. My questions are,
1) does anyone know if extension on flats and maisonettes have always required planning permission?
2) what will the local planning department do now that they have become aware of it?
Thank you
My neighbour bought his maisonette about 18 month ago and was told by the vendors when he asked if the extension needed planning permission that it was not big enough. He has now discovered that flats and maisonettes do not come under permitted development rules and that they all need planning permission. At least that's what the local planning departments web site says. The extension has probably been up undiscovered by the planning dept about 10 years possibly more. My questions are,
1) does anyone know if extension on flats and maisonettes have always required planning permission?
2) what will the local planning department do now that they have become aware of it?
Thank you
