Planning and other permissions
Planning permission
Definitions
Original House: The house as it was first built, or as it stood
on 1 July 1948 if it was built before that
date.
Highway: All public roads, footpaths, bridleways and
byways.
Special Area: Conservation Area, National Park, Area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Norfolk
and Suffolk Broads.
Volume: Measured from external faces.
Summary of consents
needed for work to dwellings and related property
1 Dividing off part of a house for use as a separate dwelling.
2 Use of a caravan in a garden as a home for someone else.
3 Dividing off part of a house for business or commercial
work.
4 Providing a parking place for a commercial vehicle or taxi.
5 Building something that goes against the terms of the
original planning permission.
6 Work which might obstruct the view of road users.
7 Work which will involve a new or wider access to a major
road.
8 Additions or extensions to a flat or maisonette, including
those converted from houses, excluding internal alterations
which do not affect the external appearance.
House extensions
9 An addition which would be nearer to any highway than
the nearest part of the original house unless there is at
least 20 m between the extended house and the highway.
10 Covering more than half the area of land around the original
house with additions or other separate buildings.
11 An extension to a terrace house or a house in a Special
Area larger than 10 per cent, or up to 50 m3
, whichever is
greater, of the volume of the original house.
12 An extension to any other kind of house larger than 15 per
cent, or up to 70 m3
, whichever is greater, of the volume of
the original house.
13 An extension which is larger than 115 m3
.
14 An extension which is higher than the highest part of the
roof of the original house.
15 An extension where any part is more than 4 m high
(except roof extensions) and is within 2 m of the property
boundary.
16 Any roof extension, loft conversion or dormer window in a
Special Area
17 Any extension to a roof slope which faces a highway.
18 Roof extensions which would add more than 50 m3 to the
volume of the house or 40 m3 to that of a terraced house.
This allowance is not in addition to, but must be deducted
from, any other allowances set out above.
Separate new buildings
on the land around the house
19 Any building (or structure) to be used other than for
domestic purposes or which exceeds conditions set out in
9 and 10 above.
20 Any building more than 3 m high, or 4 m high if it has a
ridged roof.
21 Any building in the grounds of a Listed Building or in a
Special Area which would be more than 10 m3
.
22 A storage tank for heating oil larger than 3500 litres or
more than 3 m above ground.
23 A tank to store liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
Building a porch
24 With an area measured externally of more than 3 m3
.
25 Higher than 3 m above ground.
26 Less than 2 m from a road.
Erecting fences, walls and gates
27 If a house is a Listed Building.
28 If over 1 m high where next to a road or over 2 m elsewhere.
Planting hedges or trees
29 If a condition was attached to the planning permission of
the property which restricts such planting or where the
sight line might be blocked.
Erecting a satellite dish or antenna
other than normal TV or radio aerials
30 If the size exceeds 700 mm in any direction (900 mm in
some outlying areas) or 450 mm if attached to a chimney.
31 If it projects above the roof or chimney to which it is
attached.
32 If it is in addition to another antenna already installed,
whether or not this has planning consent.
33 If it is installed on a chimney or on the wall or roof slope
facing a highway in a Special Area.
New cladding
34 Cladding the outside of the house with stone, tiles, artificial
stone, plastic or timber in a Special Area.
Driveways
35 If a new or wider access is made onto a major road.
Approval of the highways department of the local council
will also be needed if a new driveway crosses a pavement
or verge.
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