Planning Permission?

[Richy25988]

Basicly i want to know if any of you have had to get planning permission building a garrage. What do they look for and how much does it cost ect. Would like to find out abit more before i even start planning anything :y:

[Ste-88]

If I remember rightly you don't need permission if its...

a) 20ft or less away from your owned house
b) on your own land

[Richy25988]

If I remember rightly you don't need permission if its...

a) 20ft or less away from your owned house
b) on your own land

Basicly its like right at the bottom of the back garden, which there is a lane at to enter the garage, a few houses on the same street have already got them, but they came when the houses were built.

[Richy25988]

Google Earth FTW :y:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h78/richardkeast/Untitled-1.jpg

[Ste-88]

Pretty sure you'll be able to

Draw on it where you want it, get some measurements and print it off, post it with a cover note to your local council and see what they say... should be okay I guess since it's pretty much gonna be at bottom of your garden

[c8james]

Just speak to them. We did need a full app for ours but there has been a rule change and now we dont, so its going up soon. Get any advice in writting so there can be no come back later. I want to put a drain in to take rain water away and electric from the house to the garage and these bust be put in to building regs.

[steviee90]

hmm, im sure you do mate, im doing building surveying at uni, and you will need to get permission, the plans will have to be upto the british standards, and neighbours also have the right to reject the plans, if it does get the go ahead, i think part of it is sending a letter to neighbours, ie any1 who can see the works

[bpm]

Im a civil engineer, you will need planning permission for it. Definately.

You would certainly get it approved though under the right of precedent. Which basically means if other people in your street have done it, you can do the same.

Planning permission can easily take 6-8 weeks to go through though, so be prepared. Some people start before they get the permission if they are sure they are going to get it, but obviously that is a risk!

As for costs it depends how many builders you know well, theres a lot looking for work at the moment so you should get a good quote.

Get some preliminary designs done for size with a layout plan. Make sure the size is roughly equal to your neighbours and the height of the roof doesnt exceed theres or you will run into opposition.

[DevilDamo]

Garages come under Permitted Development (i.e. do not require planning approval) subject to the following...

- No outbuilding forward of the principal elevation fronting a highway.
- Outbuildings and garages to be single storey with maximum eaves height of 2.5m and maximum overall height of 4m with a dual pitched roof or 3m for any other roof.
- Maximum height 2.5m within 2m of a boundary.
- No verandas, balconies or raised platforms.
- No more than half the area of land around the 'original house' would be covered by additions or other buildings.
- In conservation areas buildings, enclosures, containers and pools at the side of properties will require planning permission.
- Within the curtilage of listed buildings any outbuilding will require planning permission.

It's best to get advice from your local planning authority and provide them with a site location plan, block plan, plan, elevations, etc... even if they're basic but to scale. As it's already been suggested, to get something back from planning in writing confirming it does not require an application is advisable just incase you come to sell the house and the purchasers' solicitors want confirmation that a planning application was not required. However, some authorities will now charge for this service. My local one now does.

[dannyboycov1991]

id deffo check it with your council mate, on our old house the owner built an extension (really small one) without planning permission, when he sold it too us, we had damp in the house, so we had a building inspector round and as there was never any record of it , it had to be knocked down.


also your neighbours might have something to say about it so check with them first. :y:

[Richy25988]

I know the neighbours are sound about it, From what you have all just said it seems such a big effort for just a garage :/

[dannyboycov1991]

sound neighbours is a good start

thats the worst thing you want when building something.



our next door neighbour we have now is a complete old bag, when we were having are garden slabbed we had to use a pneumatic dril to cut through the rocks, now her garden is bout 30 ft from where we were drilling and she complained that the vibrations off the drill had cracked her slabs and threatend to sue.

are other neighbours had no cracked slabs or anything.

[Leon_1]

You prob need planning but if they have granted permission to others that have done the same as you want then they cant turn you down unless it gets a complaint from neighbours or is alot bigger etc.

[DevilDamo]

on our old house the owner built an extension (really small one) without planning permission

Even though the previous owner was at fault, your solicitors should have picked that up.

[dannyboycov1991]

we didnt bother, wed only had the house a week etc and the extension was shit anyway, built it himself. id say it was bout 6x6ft , + when we had it knocked down it made the garden bigger :y: