We win a larger home extension (6m) appeal in Ealing
In 2013, the government shook up the planning system by changing permitted development rights to allow ground floor rear extensions of up 6m deep on a terraced or semi-detached house and up to 8m on a detached house. Unlike most permitted development rights, you must apply for prior approval before starting work. You submit an […]
Our recent planning appeal successes for HMOs in Northampton
Our clients in Northampton have recently been finding it difficult to get planning permission to convert houses into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Usually, changing the use of a house to a smaller HMO (with up to 6 occupiers) is permitted development – you don’t need planning permission at all. You only need planning permission […]
Permission granted at appeal for a dormer built in Bromley
We are pleased to announce that we have won an appeal against the London Borough of Bromley, which had refused planning permission for a rear dormer roof extension to a house in the north of the borough. Our clients have built the extension believing it to be permitted development under the General Permitted Development Order. […]
We win our first appeal under the new Class AA permitted development rights!
In August 2020, the government announced a new permitted development rights allowing homeowners to add up to two storeys to their existing houses. The new right is Class AA, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order (the GPDO), which is the legislation governing permitted development rights. To take advantage of this new […]
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 […]
