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Planning Permission
Definitions
Original House:
The house as it was first built, or as
it stood on 1st July
1948 if it was built before that date.
Highway:
All public road, 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.
Consents will be required for the
following
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 use.
4.
Providing a parking space for a
commercial vehicle or taxi.
5.
Building something that goes against the
term 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
1.
An addition which would be nearer
to any
highway than the
nearest part of the
original house unless there
is at least 20m from the extended house
to the
highway.
2.
Covering more than half the area of land
around the
original house
with additions or other separate
buildings.
3.
An extension to a terraced house or a
house in a
special area larger than 10%,
or up to 50m³ whichever is the greater,
of the
volume of the
original house.
4.
An extension to any other kind of house
larger than 15%, or up to 70m³,
whichever is the greater, of the
volume of
the
original house.
5.
An extension which is larger than 115m³.
6.
An extension which is higher than
highest part of the roof of the
original house.
7.
An extension where any part is more than
4m high and is within 2m of the
boundary. (Roof extensions have separate
rules).
8.
Any roof extension, loft conversion or
dormer window in a
special area.
9.
Any extension to a roof slope which face
a
highway.
10.
Roof extensions which would add more
than 50m³ to the
volume of the house or 40m³
to that of a terraced house. This
allowance is in addition to, but must be
deducted from, any other allowances set
out above.
Separate New Buildings
on the land or around the house
1.
Any building (or structure) to be used
other than for domestic purposes or
which exceed the condition set out in 1
and 2 (House Extensions) above.
2.
Any building more than 3m high, or 4m
high if it has a ridged roof.
3.
Any building on the ground of a listed
building or in a
special area which would be
more than 10m³.
Building a Porch
1.
With an area measured externally
of more than 3m³.
2.
Higher than 3m above the ground.
3.
Less than 2m from a road.
Erecting Fences, Walls and Gates
1.
If a house is a listed building.
2.
If over 1m high where next to a
road or over 2, elsewhere. |
