Do I need planning approval

You need to apply for planning permission to build an outbuilding around your house  in the following circumstances;

• any part of the outbuilding would project beyond a wall that fronts a highway and is the principal front elevation of the original house
• outbuilding would be more than single storey and the eaves would be more than 2.5 metres in height
• overall height would be more than 4 metres with a dual pitched roof, or 3 metres for any other roof, unless the outbuilding is within 2 metres of the boundary, in which case the maximum height is 2.5 metres overall
• structure would be, or would contain, a veranda, a balcony or raised platform
• total footprint of the outbuilding would take up more than half of the area of the land around your house

Last updated Tuesday, 23rd May 2023

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