Removing garage door and adding window

[Johnniem]

Hi All,

If I were to remove the doors from an integral garage on a 1950s house and replace them with a wall (to match the surrounding brickwork) and windows, would I need planning consent or will this be permitted development? I am somewhat confused since my head tells me that the front elevation (and hence view from the street) would be changed - so would def need consent but most searches say that it is within permitted development.

The garage is pointless and is now a garage filled with cupboards and untility services and boilers so no point in keeping is as an uncomfortable space. Wifey would love to update it, hence the question.

Many thanks (fully expecting both of the above as answers - This is, after all, PH)!

JM

[sherman]

Its getting common to box in the front part say 6ft deep of the garage to retain a storage space and the garage look to the front whilst having 6ft or more reclaimed to use as a room in the house.
It leaves you with somewhere to put the lawnmower etc and additionsl space without having to alter the frontage drastically.

[Johnniem]

sherman said:

Its getting common to box in the front part say 6ft deep of the garage to retain a storage space and the garage look to the front whilst having 6ft or more reclaimed to use as a room in the house.
It leaves you with somewhere to put the lawnmower etc and additional space without having to alter the frontage drastically.

Agreed. I did this with my last house but already have a man cave for all that stuff as well as a summer house so don't really need the storage space. More likely to change the garage into a laundry room (which it is already but looks naff with concrete floor and brick walls). 'Er indoors wants it to look more 'homely'.