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I've been going through the motions for planning to partially convert my attached garage to living space. It has come back with vague suggestions that I would need to replace the garage with another parking space.
I have a lawned front garden approximately the same size as the existing single space in front of the garage (pretty much exactly car sized ). This is as per the below, with the path to the front door shown.
The existing dropped kerb ends roughly to the left of where the '320cm' starts.
The council are pretty unhelpful and it takes months just to get answers to simple questions, so I was essentially wondering if anyone had any experience on whether:
- They are likely to demand the kerb be dropped across the potential space (even though one could gain access to it without mounting the kerb, if a car wasn't in the existing space - which I see as no different to a one-behind-the-other access in 2 length car spaces which count as two).
- Whether the lawn will count as a parking space in its existing lawn form, or if it would need to be converted to a hardstanding of any sorts.
I am hoping to keep the grass, as all other houses in the area have slowly removed their greenery, which does nothing for the aesthetics of the area.
Thanks in advance
I have a lawned front garden approximately the same size as the existing single space in front of the garage (pretty much exactly car sized ). This is as per the below, with the path to the front door shown.
The existing dropped kerb ends roughly to the left of where the '320cm' starts.
The council are pretty unhelpful and it takes months just to get answers to simple questions, so I was essentially wondering if anyone had any experience on whether:
- They are likely to demand the kerb be dropped across the potential space (even though one could gain access to it without mounting the kerb, if a car wasn't in the existing space - which I see as no different to a one-behind-the-other access in 2 length car spaces which count as two).
- Whether the lawn will count as a parking space in its existing lawn form, or if it would need to be converted to a hardstanding of any sorts.
I am hoping to keep the grass, as all other houses in the area have slowly removed their greenery, which does nothing for the aesthetics of the area.
Thanks in advance