[Closed] planning permission required?

i'm told by the conservatory sellers that i dont need permission for a conservatory

These are the permitted development rights that you need to read, once you have checked that they have not been withdrawn for any reason.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/responsibilities/planningpermission/permitted

In the menu on the right, there is a quick interactive guide too.

Might be allowed under "permitted development"

Give it a google it's changed lots in the last few years

May well need planning, conservatories under a certain size don't, partly because they need to be seperated from the house by exterior doors. Will defo need building regs approval, again conservatories are exemot as most systems are BBA approved. Check the government planning portal.

Probably, but based on how much you'll be spending won't really 'impact' your budget 🙂

i can go out to 4m single storey without planning permission. Not sure if these are rules that apply all over or change from council to council.

(ea) until 30th May 2016, for a dwellinghouse not on article 1(5) land nor on a site of special scientific interest, the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would have a single storey and -
(i) extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by more than 8 metres in the case of a detached dwellinghouse, or 6 metres in the case of any other dwellinghouse, or
(ii) exceed 4 metres in height
From 30 May 2013 until 30 May 2016 a single-storey extension can be larger than allowed under paragraph (e) above: it must not extend beyond the rear of the original house by more than eight metres if a detached house, or by more than six metres in any other case. These larger extensions are not allowed for dwellinghouses on article 1(5) land or on a site of special scientific interest. The height restriction remains the same: the extension must not be more than 4 metres high. The rear wall or walls of a house will be those which are directly opposite the front of the house. It remains the case that development is not permitted if, as a result of the works, the total area of ground covered by extensions and other buildings within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse would exceed 50% of the curtilage of the original dwellinghouse excluding

There are many limitations on what you can do, depending on whether your proposals are on land which is Article 1(5) land (for the purposes of the General Permitted Development Order 1995).

It also depends on whether any element of your proposals extends beyond a principal or side elevation of the existing dwelling house.

And again how close any of these will be to the highway.

And the existing ridge and eaves heights of the property.

In addition - reference the glazed elevation - Schedule 2 Part 1 Class A(A.3(a)) requires that:

"[i]A.3
Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions—

(a) the appearance of the materials used in the walls, roof or other element of any exterior work must so far as practicable match the appearance of the materials used in the majority of the equivalent element of the existing dwellinghouse[/i]"

So unless you've already got a largely glazed rear elevation, I doubt you'll get away with PD rights.

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the appearance of the materials used in the walls, roof or other element of any exterior work must so far as practicable match the appearance of the materials used in the majority of the equivalent element of the existing dwellinghouse

= Design.

Planning permission is pretty straightforward, I'd just apply for peace of mind.

When you come to sell your house it's a right pain if you can't provide copies of planning permission, building regs etc. for any bit of work.

As I've just found.

Never, ever take the word of a conservatory salesman. They frequently and often deliberately interchange building regs and planning permission to sell their wares.

1.) The material used to build any extension and 2.) the floor area; and 3.) connecting doors are all largely irrelevant to whether planning permission is required - that's building regs which is entirely separate. The Condition pjm84 comments on is just ensuring you don't mismatch materials but as a planner I've never seen it invoked by the Council.

The key measurements are volume and height, level of coverage of curtilage and volume of other extensions. Call your Council if you are unsure. If you've got a plan, I'l take a look if you want.

**Hijack - Stimpy, may be in touch shortly as well depending on how conversations go, Planning Authority have just told us this morning that we need full Planning Consent to re-roof the house - exactly the same!! - End of hijack**

What you describe may or may not be classed as a conservatory so it is a little muddled. The rules for permitted development are pretty much the same for conservatories and extensions, the building regs are very different.

Permitted development is an England wide thing (not sure about Scotland/Wales) but some areas have their permitted developments rights removed or restricted (eg national parks or new estates). You need to speak to the council to see if you have PD rights, if so it'll be easy. You can then build it. How you build it will depend what building regs. A conservatory needs independent heating and external door between it and the house. An extension will need to meet thermal regs which will be tricky with that much glass.

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/conservatories/
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/permission/commonprojects/extensions

We have literally just finished a similar build. I was told anything more than 4m out would require permission.

We are 3.5 wide and 4 deep, so under permitted development. Still cost £££ to get Building Control etc sorted.

Ours is great. log burner, big comfy corner sofa and music.

Still cost £££ to get Building Control etc sorted.

I thought Building Control was about £140? That's all I paid for the workshop (8m x 4m)...

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