Two Storey Extensions to be PD?

[freddiemercurystwin]

I vaguely recalled receiving a Planning Portal News email earlier this year sometime whereby it had been mused by the powers that be that PD restrictions regarding two storey extensions was to be modified, I have had a brief look through the Planning Portal News emails but can't find it, perhaps I dreamed it or it was last year, anyone else know anything or recall suchlike?

 

[Nakajo]

Yes, the government has been a little preoccupied lately (although I think I heard that this proposal was being quietly brushed aside)

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

What was the proposal for do you recall?

 

[Nakajo]

I think it relates to a policy paper originally published back in February 2017 - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fixing-our-broken-housing-market, and then trumpeted again by the housing minister Brokenshire in March of this year - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...-build-homes-and-opportunities-in-communities - but I'm not actually sure where the specific reference to two storeys came from, because the HCLG just mentions 'extend upwards'.

 

[garyo]

I remember an odd sounding one from a couple of years ago where they mentioned something weird like '2 storey loft conversions' or similar

 

[Leofric]

If you dream about Planning Portal News you are sadder than me

 

[tony1851]

Some two-storey rear extensions can be PD, but the constraints can mean they are limited in scope.

Two-storey side extensions to semis and detached would be great and solve many problems, but planning departments would fight that tooth and nail.

As above, I did see talk of building upwards by up to an additional two-storeys, but can't see how that would work without impacting the street scene. One wonders if this has been quietly dropped once officials realized the ridiculousness of this proposal.