r/PlanningPermissionUK

Hi, I think I know the answer as what our party wall neighbour is proposing is within regs (single storey 6m out and max 3m high with a flat roof) but it will block some sun/light on our terrace/garden. I don’t want to object as (a) everyone has a right to improve their property with legal limits and (b) they are very nice people but even if we did my understanding is that it wouldn’t make much difference anyway. Has anyone been in this or similar position? I will of course take plenty of photos of party wall, current fence boundaries etc in case of issues later on. Thanks.

https://planningregister.planningsystemni.gov.uk/application/699477

This will be terrible for the surrounding area, which already has problems with flooding and street parking.

There is a small river directly behind the construction site, and bats live in the area.

Any advice on how to ensure this doesn't get planning permission? The developers seem very confident that approval from NI Water and the Council will be granted.

Hello,

Arround a couple of weeks ago, I wrote to Tower Hamlets Homes about moving the gas meter from the interior of the flat to the facade (they haven't answered).

Cadent's surveyor has come to inspect the works and said it is fine to do, and they are ready to start the job if I manage to get a paper signed from my neighbours above.

There is also a neighbour who has done this job. Both my neighbour and I are in a ground-floor flat in a block of flats. I recently bought this flat, and the person living in the flat currently is a tenant, so I couldn't ask the flat's owner what process they followed.

I asked Cadent about the Freeholder consent and they were sort of puzzled. They just said, "yes, let them know".

The form they sent for my neighbours is a form to give consent to do the works (a small excavation), but my neighbours are also leaseholders or the council freeholders. It is true they will need to suffer a few hours cut on the gas, but that's all. They are not the ones to give consent really. I was verbally told they should just agree to having a gas cut for a few hours and that the form was about that, but it is not.

Do you guys have any experience dealing with this sort of situation? I am worried I go ahead with Cadent without written consent from Tower Hamlets Homes and, one day, they come with questions, retrospective permissions and/or legal actions. But they do not answer my emails, and I couldn't find a phone number to call them.

I have also written to them for different enquiries, and they sometimes take just a few days to answer (this has happened only once with an easy one); sometimes they take weeks or months, and oftentimes they just do not answer at all.

How to face this situation? What if I give the go-ahead to Cadent without written consent? Any way to make them answer?

Have had work started on a loft conversion, rear dormer and two front velux type windows. Was a pain getting through planning, as it was initially rejected and then granted on appeal. We’re in a new build property with all permitted development removed, even changing patios or garden sheds or any kind of AC installation technically needs planning permission (not that anyone has bothered).

We were given two conditions:

1. Start work within 3 years of decision
2. “…shall be carried out in accordance with the
   following approved plans”

The plans have one of the front lights positioned for stairwell, high up on the roof, and the second provides light to a new room in the loft space.

Feel like I know the answer already, but is there any leeway in positioning both windows so that they provide light to the room? Or is the condition stringent in that it has to be per the plans?

Looking for any suggestions or recommendations for a householder planning application in Leeds/West Yorkshire.

I’m looking to apply for a vehicle crossing (dropped kerb) which crosses a pathway onto some land next to the house which is within our boundary and is over 5m deep, then build a permeable driveway which is ideally large enough to park 2 cars on.

I tried applying for a dropped kerb in the first instance but the council came back telling me I needed householder planning permission. After asking them to clarify whether the planning permission was needed for the kerb or the land, they came back with the very useful answer of “Yes a householder is correct”.

Given that the land is currently just unused grass but is within my boundary, I can only assume that the planning permission is because it’s a change of use of the land.

This all seems complex and I feel quite out of my depth with it. I’ve had a look around online for planning consultants but many have come back with a crazy high price or say they don’t deal with it.

Is anyone able to make any recommendations or are able to steer me in the right direction? Greatly appreciated, thank you!

England. 1970s semi at the end of a four-house cul-de-sac — no houses beyond

mine. Block-paved driveway straight off the road, dropped kerb already there.

Why I want a gate: because my driveway has become the turning circle for the

whole neighborhood. Every delivery driver and half the neighbours swing right

into it to turn around. My doorbell camera goes off all day from the movement.

It's constant.

I want the gate at 1.6m, to match the existing front boundary fence, which

has been at that height for 30+ years. A 1m gate next to a 1.56m fence would

look completely wrong — stepped down for no reason, and it wouldn't stop

anyone driving in anyway.

Two of the four houses on the cul-de-sac already have gates, at various

heights and styles.

My builder says no planning permission is needed. Everything I read online

says anything over 1m next to a highway needs permission. So:

1. Do I need planning permission for this?

2. If I do — realistically, would the council approve it or object?

Trying to find out before the money gets spent.

Garden room is >2m from any boundary so we can go 4m high with a dual pitched roof. But does anyone know if the dual pitch needs to be equal or if this dual pitch roof design attached, where they are at different pitches would still fall within PD? Thanks!

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Hi group

We’ve recently moved house, and the property (in Suffolk) has an annexe building which is at least 20 years old. It was used as a therapy studio for alternative therapies. It has two rooms, a WC, a shower room, power and heating. (The shower room even has a flotation room within)

There was no evidence of PP for this during the searches. Would enough time have passed now for this to retrospectively be granted? What’s that process called?

And could this building be used as living accommodation, eg a granny annexe or for a live-in au pere? Noting there are no kitchen facilities (but could be).

Would really appreciate your advice. Thanks