A front porch in Walsall
Porches aren’t too controversial, are they? A porch is just a small front extension to provide you with somewhere to take your shoes off and to stop the wind howling through your front door. Most porches are permitted development, but Mr Patel built his porch just a little too high – the height limit is […]
A roof terrace in Lambeth
If there is one type of householder developments that case officer and councils seem to hate, it is roof terraces. All of our planning consultants were once council case officers and we remember being told to refuse roof terraces – they look bad, overlook the surrounding neighbours and cause noise and disturbance (or so we […]
A two-storey side extension in Kingston-Upon-Thames
Case officers often apply their rules strictly, even when it is simply not justified. We recently won an appeal for Mr & Mrs Williams, a couple in Kingston who wanted to build a two-storey side extension to their end-of-terrace house. The council refused permission, pointing out that their planning guidance advises against this form of […]
A new first floor to a bungalow in Tandridge
Charlie Simpson applied to extend his parents’ bungalow upwards to add a whole new floor. The house was on a row of similar bungalows and the council refused permission because the case officer thought the taller house would look out of place on the street. However, the house was right at the end of the […]
A granny annexe in Lincoln
Barry Kearns say that one of his neighbours (a few doors down) had been granted planning permission for an outbuilding in his rear garden to be used by his mother-in-law when she came to visit. The outbuilding was a little studio room, with an en-suite bathroom and a small kitchen area. Barry applied for something […]
A dormer loft extension in Haringey
Caroline Reese was expecting her second child and needed a second bedroom for their small, one bedroom, first floor flat in Haringey, north London. She applied for planning permission for a very common form of development – a loft conversion with a rear dormer extension. The council refused permission, saying that the dormer was too […]
A single-storey rear extension in Trafford
Mr and Mrs Chung wanted to extend their cramped galley kitchen to create a new family reception area, with a big, open-plan kitchen/living/diner space. They applied to take advantage of the government’s ‘larger home extension’ scheme, allowing homeowners to extend up to a depth of 6m without needing planning permission. They hired an architect, drew […]
