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[Closed] Do I need planning permission?

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Grass needs cutting and that window box is a disgrace.


 
Posted : 21/08/2015 10:26 pm
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It's the front and can't be arsed . The back is a bleeding jungle.


 
Posted : 21/08/2015 11:16 pm
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Even if they come back and say "do whatever, we just don't care" I reckon £56.70 to get that result would be money well spent.


 
Posted : 21/08/2015 11:49 pm
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There might be a covenant in the title deeds to prevent building in the front garden and planning permission won't circumvent this. We weren't allowed fences or hedges around the front garden, which many put in. That was okay until selling time...


 
Posted : 22/08/2015 6:01 am
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Did you mention the change in dimensions of the first floor window too? While you were there, paying your £56.70?

By all accounts, Stimpy here is about the only one you need to be listening to.


 
Posted : 22/08/2015 6:12 am
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I think you've done the right thing as we're currently buying a house that's had some work done and life would be quicker and easier for all right now if there was some evidence that planning permission had been sought


 
Posted : 22/08/2015 6:34 am
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OK, I'll do it
You do not need planning permission, just go ahead and do it*
*this advice is based on what it is presumed you want to hear, not the general consensus of the responses to your question. Therefore if it all goes tits up, many people will say 'told you so'
HTH!

and just for balance I'll say: not only do you need planning permissions but also you will never receive it because of the EU

(I have no idea what I'm talking about)


 
Posted : 22/08/2015 7:25 am
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You need planning permission (despite it being wholly pointless in this case) as the part under the bay would project past the principal elevation. Whilst the garage is further forward, a house can have multiple principal/side/rear elevations if they are stepped like yours. Check the DCLG householder technical guidance for some basic drawings showing this.


 
Posted : 22/08/2015 9:32 am
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You are likely to need planning permission if you are building anything which projects beyond the original primary elevation.

I'm with this, from what I have been reading lately anything to the front is best to check than assume. Porches are okay but any other kind of work to the sides and front needs to be checked first.


 
Posted : 22/08/2015 10:06 am
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Well just back from a family holiday to a letter telling me that I didn't answer lots of questions they have (which weren't outlined on the application form so I had no idea they would ask).

Just six years ago at my last house with a large extension it was so much easier. 🙁


 
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