UPDATE Pre Fab Garage.. Planning Permission ?

[Richie]

Do you require planning permission for a Non Permanent structure...

IE a prefabricated concrete sectional garage with a corrugated roof
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even in the surveyor report it states "The property has a front, side and rear gardens. There is a single detached perfabricated garage with off and on-street parking."


I ask only in the plee that someone from the Local Sunderland council will actually go to the property and look and see for themselfs....

So maybe I can exchange contracts and bloody well move in before Christmas.

rant over.....


or maybe not.....

It depends, these building are classed as temporary structures so full PP is usually not required but there may be caveats. I'd definitely take it up with your local council's building control section and ask someone there.

Also it depends on the distance from the house!

i was in a similar position... a solicitor raised a concern about a shared access, and wouldnt allow us to complete and managed to tie everyone up over an issue that wasnt an issue... we got the vendor to offer to put up a fence to show the boudary..


offer to knock it down if it means completion can happen... or ask the buyer for an undertaking to knock it down should planning permission be needed and not granted..

how much is a prefab worth these days 2K?

k

Just asked a planner for you who worked for leeds city council.

If the garage is more than 5 meters away from the house then no you don't need pp.

If its with 5 meters (the start of the garage) of the house then it will depend on if the house has already been extended or not, ratios will depend on ur local council i believe.

If u need any more information i will hound her for more.

as above you do need planning unless 5m or more away from the property and not more than 3m high.

We needed Planning Perm for a Prefab because of a caveat on the area. It wasn't worth the extra money and hassle, so put up a shed instead!

All of the above - but if the structure is more than 4 years old the Council can't enforce anyway so the whole thing's a non-issue. Get a letter signed by the seller to say that it was constructed whenever.

If the bloke from the Council says yes it does need permission and it doesn't have permission, then I suggest you obtain a retention from the purchase price. Do you want the garage - if yes then make it a meaningful amount, enough to cover the cost of an application, and the hassle - and the possibility that PP won't be granted.

If it's more recent than 4 years and the Council doesn't know about it then you might be able to persuade the seller to provide a defective title indemnity policy - typical cost £150, at the seller's expense.

he knows you know

[tinpants]

Well he bloody ought to! He's a solicitor!!




BTW, is a lady barrister without her briefs a solicitor?