Good afternoon. Don't want to name councils etc but basically I put an application in for a 6m extension to the rear of a property. A neighbour objected due to light, which I can understand but this resulted in the council officer doing a site visit. The officer then also added an objection that the drawing submitted does not show the height of the extension in relation to the true ground level.
The property itself steps down about 3 different heights.
The house is say level 1. The patio to the rear is then approx 20 cm lower and this is where the extension will be. After the patio there are steps leading down to the grass area, a drop of about 1m from the patio. Next to he house runs an alley way which is sloped through that height over approx 24m from the back of the house to the back of the garden
From my understanding the patio is actually backfill to make up a smaller height different.
Looking between the alley way and patio, is higher throughout, but where the patio ends and the bottom level starts is below the alley way height.
So over 24m a height difference of approx 1.2m. Now I've not spoken to the planning officer yet, hoping to make an appointment this week to find out what he will consider as true ground level,, but what would others consider as true ground level or has anyone else experienced this or a similar situation and would like to share their experience?
The property itself steps down about 3 different heights.
The house is say level 1. The patio to the rear is then approx 20 cm lower and this is where the extension will be. After the patio there are steps leading down to the grass area, a drop of about 1m from the patio. Next to he house runs an alley way which is sloped through that height over approx 24m from the back of the house to the back of the garden
From my understanding the patio is actually backfill to make up a smaller height different.
Looking between the alley way and patio, is higher throughout, but where the patio ends and the bottom level starts is below the alley way height.
So over 24m a height difference of approx 1.2m. Now I've not spoken to the planning officer yet, hoping to make an appointment this week to find out what he will consider as true ground level,, but what would others consider as true ground level or has anyone else experienced this or a similar situation and would like to share their experience?