Planning permission - Garage in front garden

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recordman said:

I used to live in Woking and had a similar situation whereby I wanted to incorporate a built in double garage into living accommodation and then build a new double width garage in the front garden. I had no problems whatsoever.

I suggest using an architect who is familiar with your local planning dept and who has success in obtaining planning consents for similar projects. I searched through my local authority's website to look at similar applications in my area over the past couple of years and then I narrowed them down to an architect who had the greatest number of successful applications.

I am going through a similar application process at the moment in Woking and the planner's initial comments are that my garage cannot be in front of my house. However, two of my neighbours have exactly that so there is a precedent.

They also said I couldn't have curved walls either side of my proposed gate and across the road from me they have exactly that!

May I ask which architect you used to get your application passed?