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Hmm.  So it goes back to the  Caravan Act 1960, which states you can use live in a caravan on, or on land adjoining a building site which has got permission to do building works, including works that would be permitted development (as these are granted permission by the GPDO).

Building a fence is considered building works, and is permitted by the GPDO (unless your site has some odd restriction on this which i’d thing unlikely).  You could theoretically build a fence around/across the site very slowly for the month.

Alternatively, speak to the planning department and explain the situation, they might not care too much if you gain the PD right anyway once the barn conversion permission comes through.  And worst case by the time they’ve issued an enforcement notice you’ll have your permission and the breach has disappeared.  Depends on your appetite for risk.

Off the top of my head you can temporarily park and  live in a caravan on a building site without requiring planning permssion. If you find the GPDO they’ll be a section in there with the actual provisions.

Assuming the frontage is all original. I think you can have 3 principle elevations.

You also need to take into account that you also have 2 side elevations there. Back from the bay to the front door and from the front door to the garage. So you’d have to have an extension that is less than 50% of the width of the original house.

You should check the technical manual from

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/606669/170405_Householder_Technical_Guidance__-April_2017_FINAL.pdf

If it’s first floor then as noted they need to be obscure glazed, which is defined in the technical guidance but not in the legislation.

If it’s ground floor, and they are just on higher ground than you, then they can do whatever.

If the first option give the council a call. They might be busy. Especially with enforcement work, but they are normally responsive and it’s relatively easy for them to resolve.

As it’s in the Curtilage of a listed building you need full planning permission, whilst you might not necessarily need listed building consent, it’s a free application and you might as well do both at the same time.

Basic hand drawn drawings would be fine as long as they are to scale, and given its location try and provide as much detail about the materials you’ll use as possible if you know. It’ll save you having to submit further condition applications. You may also want to submit a short statement (1 page max) about how/why this won’t have any impact on the listed building (search the council website for other listed building applications to get an idea).

It looks like that’s the side of the house, with the passage leading to the back garden? If so then it would be a side extension, check the planning portal website which has an interactive guide on the do’s and don’ts.

AFAIK You can build off the boundary wall of its a party wall under permitted development as long as you do all the party wall stuff.

If you do need permission, it should be relatively straightforward given the distance to the flats, but just be sensible in heights/overlooking issues.

If the property is just in a conservation area then the four year limit applies and the LPA can’t take action. If the property is a listed building then there is no time limit.

For planning, it would basically be seen as a whole new building. So nothing higher than 2.5m (even the existing bits) if its within 2m of the boundary, can’t cover more than 50% of the curtilage. pretty much the only two points to deal with. full details can be found at https://interactive.planningportal.co.uk/mini-guide/outbuildings/0

The condition on the retrospective permission removes your permitted development rights. So no matter what the GPDO says, the condition comes first and you’d need full planning permission to convert the barn to a dwelling.

I can only answer point 2, but you can’t include any extensions in the prior approval applications. If you are successful in gaining prior approval under class Q then you would have no permitted development rights to extend and would have to apply for planning permission, see paragraph (a) under most classes under Part 1 of the GPDO. Most (but not all) councils are generally against extensions to barn conversions as they aim to retain their agricultural character, you’d be best speaking to them or having a read of any relevant policies in their local plan.

4 years is right. See paragraph 4 or 5 http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/ensuring-effective-enforcement/planning-enforcement-overview/

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.

Are there any buildings on the land at present? Could these be converted? If not there is a chance they could be offset against a new building on the land.

The assessment of the impact on the Green Belt is normally any impact on its openness, so if the building you want to build is the same size (footprint/volume) as the one your demolishing it could be possible.

However new buildings on an empty site within the green belt are extremely difficult to get through as they will by definition be harmful to he openness of the Green Belt and therefore contrary to national policy. This may be slightly different in Scotland but i’d imagine the thrust of the policy would be very similar.

Thanks for the post! How was the medium for size? I’m 5’10 and am struggling to decide between the medium and large given the longer top tube.

Thanks, been struggling to find this to.

It’s something to do with the decathlon sensor not broadcasting it’s ID. I told the guy sat trainer road about it a year or so ago and they said they would add the feature necessary but it’s not happened.

Solution, buy a different sensor :/

Hope Tubeless kit is £20 at CRC, 2 valves, roll of tape and 2 bottles of Stans.

Thanks cy, it would be this, my only concern being that it will foul the chain stay.

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There’s a few big, deep puddles but the weather proofing they have done has really helped with draining most of it.