Do I need planning permission ?

hope op doesnt mind the hijack but here goes
my house had a conservitory on it when we bought it (on the side) it was too small imho so we ripped it off ,now i want to build a garage ,so mighty org ,would this be allowed
orginal was 7 foot by 6 foot by 8 foot (h) and attached to house

Originally Posted by davepreston

hope op doesnt mind the hijack but here goes
my house had a conservitory on it when we bought it (on the side) it was too small imho so we ripped it off ,now i want to build a garage ,so mighty org ,would this be allowed
orginal was 7 foot by 6 foot by 8 foot (h) and attached to house

You may struggle with that Dave as although there was a structure there before (conservatory) if you build a garage there its blatantly a change of use.

A lot will depend on how your local council will view it though.

Give the planning or building regs office and say "I'm thinking of pulling down my conservatory and building a garage in XXX area, where do I stand in respect of planning and building regs etc".

They are usually quite helpful.

If they tell you its ok and you dont need planning etc, ask if they can send it to you in writing (just in case).

Originally Posted by davepreston

hope op doesnt mind the hijack but here goes
my house had a conservitory on it when we bought it (on the side) it was too small imho so we ripped it off ,now i want to build a garage ,so mighty org ,would this be allowed
orginal was 7 foot by 6 foot by 8 foot (h) and attached to house

Again, mr preston, ring your bco, every case is different.

[Red Herring]

In the process of building a garage at my place. Some of the measurements that seemed to feature most during the planning stage were:
Is it more than 5m from the house, if yes then things are easier.
Had to be over 1m from the boundary, and not project in front of the house. Sounds like you might breach this one if you intent to tie into your neighbours...
If more than 50 cubic meters in size needs building regs....

I ended up getting some plans drawn up by a mate (they only needed to be basic), and submitted these along with a brief summary of what I was going to build it out of, things like wall material, type of roof etc, and then they send someone round at key stages to make sure I'm doing it right. This last bit is really useful as they do know what they are talking about and have given me loads of pointers.