Planning department want me to take down a carport !!!

[danjama]

I really like how it looks ! Would look great with some vegetation covering it...

[wonderwebb]

danjama said:

I really like how it looks ! Would look great with some vegetation covering it...

im feeling that lol to soften the impact i guess?

[Munter]

wonderwebb said:

There are brick piers halfway down which loses another 200 mm Not worth it you would be a "retard" to try !

So you can still drive through into the space behind the garage if you put another door in tge other side. Then put the carport out back as suggested before.

[DaveCWK]

Bunch of whinging nimbies In this thread. Op, put in an appeal, try to keep it as long as is possible.

[Sump]

I think it should be taken down on the basis that it is ugly.

[Munter]

DaveCWK said:

Bunch of whinging nimbies In this thread. Op, put in an appeal, try to keep it as long as is possible.

A nimby is someone complaining about something that has to exist somewhere.

Not some st that's not needed at all.

[Welshwonder]

I have an almost useless, tiny garage as well. I used to have to push a car in and out because space was so tight. It had alloy wings so I started the car moving by grabbing the spokes of the front wheel. This was all fine until I upgraded the brakes and forgot about the reduced clearance a few weeks later. Crunch, went my hand.

I would be worried about the wind taking the carport away in all seriousness. If it's not your pride and joy being damaged, it might be someone elses property or person! I'm guessing insurance wouldn't pay out either due to the structure being unauthorised - big problem if someone gets injured! It's just not worth the risk.

[CrutyRammers]

DaveCWK said:

Bunch of whinging nimbies In this thread. Op, put in an appeal, try to keep it as long as is possible.

Househeads - keeping up appearances matter

[Escort3500]

DaveCWK said:

Bunch of whinging nimbies In this thread. Op, put in an appeal, try to keep it as long as is possible.

Read the thread. He hasn't submitted a planning application to the council so hasn't had it refused or had an enforcement notice served on him (yet) so he can't appeal.

Edited by Escort3500 on Saturday 20th December 23:46

[Bodo]

wonderwebb said:

garage 2260mm wide car 1943mm wide id have to drive in with roof down and climb out ! recipe for disaster the way i reverse.

http://www.woehr.de/en/product/items/easypark.html
Überengineered for you.

[grkify]

Buy one of these,
Change it to private HGV park it on road put car in it see how they like that. They do it all the time round here with horse boxes. Personally don't think that car port looks that bad as long as its anchored securely and properly built cant see the issue.

[shoehorn]

OP, if you are forced to remove the canopy,buy yourself an old Luton bodied van,let some kids grafitti it and leave that where the car is now.

I was planning on and was being deadly serious about leaving one of these:

On one of these:

At the end of my drive.
And one of these on the road outside for the benefit of the moaning bds.

It`s situations just like this that made us decide to abandon town life,for good.
Too many angry green-eyed monsters.

[Crush]

Problem solved

[lord trumpton]

shoehorn said:

OP, if you are forced to remove the canopy,buy yourself an old Luton bodied van,let some kids grafitti it and leave that where the car is now.

I was planning on and was being deadly serious about leaving one of these:

On one of these:

At the end of my drive.
And one of these on the road outside for the benefit of the moaning bds.

It`s situations just like this that made us decide to abandon town life,for good.
Too many angry green-eyed monsters.

I honestly don't think that it's a jealousy thing.

If I were OP's neighbour then I would be annoyed because of the following

- it's an eyesore and whenever I returned home or looked out of the window then I would be drawn to it.
- It might look 'OK' now but what about 5 years time when the wood is all splitting, discoloured and warped.
- What about when that lovely clean corrugated roof starts growing moss and algae?

It's looking it's best now and is only going to get worse.

People are entitled to live in the street without having to put up with st like this and its inconsiderate to just do as one pleases and say 'balls to everyone else' as your suggestions imply.

[Welshbeef]

OP great thread - though I wonder if this isn't your pad and something you've seen code by so taken some picks for shots and giggles. ...



Anyway given it is the house and cars you own - please please build a "log cabin" in the back garden I'd guess it will look stunning aesthetically pleasing well built etc.



As for the thing you have built honestly that will be like a big kite and if the wind picks up would rip that out throwing it all over the street damaging houses cars - likely that prowler too and hopefully no one is our walking the dog when it goes.



Oh have you received any Xmas cards from neighbours yet? Have you been invited round for Xmas and New Years drinks?

[Petrolhead95]

OP, you bought a car that doesn't fit in your garage; that's your problem for being an idiot, stop making your neighbours suffer for it. Either buy a car that fits in or keep it under a cover and stop being a childish tt.

[MintSprint]

DaveCWK said:

Bunch of whinging nimbies In this thread.

It's NIMBYs not nimbies: it's an acronym.

It stands for Not In My BACK Yard.

If the OP had stuck to building ramshackle shanty-town structures in his BACK yard, he wouldn't be having all these problems.

[talksthetorque]

Permitted development on the back of a semi is 4m back from building line. But you only need enough to get your doors past the current narrow garage part......
I think.

I preferred the car cover

[Engineer1]

Baryonyx said:

wonderwebb said:

It does sit in front of my garage



so if i replace this with a gazeebo or garage tent do you think i will be able to get rid of them ?

What a load of crap. That looks bloody awful. Is that wood even treated? I hope it isn't still standing when a gale comes, incase it collapses on your car. Then you'll really regret this folly. Have you not even considered your neighbours? How would you feel if they dumped a smelly caravan on their drive and you had to look at it every day?


Also, what benefit do you think that is providing for the car, really? It won't keep it away from the wind or cold, it won't keep it dry.

You do appear to have used corrugated roofing sheets running the long way with no pitch, so even if it was to stay up it will leak and fail fairly soon.

[MintSprint]

talksthetorque said:

Permitted development on the back of a semi is 4m back from building line.

That's for Class A (extensions), though.

For Class E (free-standing buildings), you can replicate a Calcutta slum pretty much to your heart's content, provided you keep below the specified eaves and ridge heights, and don't cover more than 50% of the original garden area.

Nothing to stop him putting a pair of doors in the back of the garage, then relocating the existing carport into his back garden.

He could then add a corrugated tin kennel for the pitbull, and maybe a small second-hand portacabin to house some illegal immigrants, to complete the effect.