Planning department want me to take down a carport !!!
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I have been using a car cover for a while and got a bit tired of taking it off and putting it on so i built a carport to the front of my garage.
Just recieved a letter from local council saying that it was in breach of planning laws . I looked at planning portal and couldnt find any breach.
I have wrote back stating that. The carport is basically 4 wooden posts with a corrugated plastic roof on it. 3M x 6M.
If i have to take it down do you think i would be able to replace it with a popup gazeebo or portable garage which is basically a tent like construction ??? im not sure wether tents can be in contravention of local planning laws.
Anyone had any experience with this before ?
Just recieved a letter from local council saying that it was in breach of planning laws . I looked at planning portal and couldnt find any breach.
I have wrote back stating that. The carport is basically 4 wooden posts with a corrugated plastic roof on it. 3M x 6M.
If i have to take it down do you think i would be able to replace it with a popup gazeebo or portable garage which is basically a tent like construction ??? im not sure wether tents can be in contravention of local planning laws.
Anyone had any experience with this before ?
Zed Ed said:
Permitted Development : No
Likelihood of getting Planning Consent : None
Would a Council issue an Enforcement Notice for this : Very Likely
Take it down
Ok so are you saying that portable garages are not allowed ? is it just that those who have them on there drives are just lucky or unoticed by planning authorityLikelihood of getting Planning Consent : None
Would a Council issue an Enforcement Notice for this : Very Likely
Take it down
The carport he's built over it looks a bit amateurish, too.
shoehorn said:
Councils have no power to make you remove a car tent,its a cover.
you can move it 5mm every six months if it makes you happy,but it will always be a cover,not a structure.
My old council of Castle-point in Essex tried that one on me a few years back,I challenged them there and then and they tried to show me some govt guideline about carports,dog kemmels,balconies etc.
Nothing at all covering car tents,
they went to their car and spent some time on the phone then just buggered off.
I know it was probably a neighbour(one a council member)that complained.
It really annoyed me at the time as the properties are L shaped and the tent sat in the alcove between them and could not even be seen until you were adjacent to my property as the next door neighbour had a 31 foot Burstner motor-home outside his house that protruded 12 from the building line.
I left a note on the tree at the corner which basically told anyone that if they did not mind their own business that I would be forced to park my beaver-tail Transit on the end of my drive with a car on it in front of the tent and park my 6.5 ton spec truck in the street every night.
Some one called the police who assumed I was making a threat,I explained my plight,they quite rightly thought it was a waste of their time.
Thanks thats what i thought ill take down carport and try my luck with the tent . The neighbors will love it you can move it 5mm every six months if it makes you happy,but it will always be a cover,not a structure.
My old council of Castle-point in Essex tried that one on me a few years back,I challenged them there and then and they tried to show me some govt guideline about carports,dog kemmels,balconies etc.
Nothing at all covering car tents,
they went to their car and spent some time on the phone then just buggered off.
I know it was probably a neighbour(one a council member)that complained.
It really annoyed me at the time as the properties are L shaped and the tent sat in the alcove between them and could not even be seen until you were adjacent to my property as the next door neighbour had a 31 foot Burstner motor-home outside his house that protruded 12 from the building line.
I left a note on the tree at the corner which basically told anyone that if they did not mind their own business that I would be forced to park my beaver-tail Transit on the end of my drive with a car on it in front of the tent and park my 6.5 ton spec truck in the street every night.
Some one called the police who assumed I was making a threat,I explained my plight,they quite rightly thought it was a waste of their time.
CAPP0 said:
Permitted development pretty much categorically states "no development in front of the building line" for fairly obvious reasons. You're also very unlikely to get formal PP for any such development.
In all honesty i dont mind having to take it down if by law i do. However a tent cant be considerd a developmentTroubleatmill 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 ?
Sorry - but there is nowhere in the western world that your structure is appropriate.so if i replace this with a gazeebo or garage tent do you think i will be able to get rid of them ?
Can you not see why this is an issue for a lot of folks?
Im not looking to break any planning laws but act within them. So alternatives is what im after if i can have a tent or gazeebo on my drive without breaking the rules then thats what ill do !
DrDoofenshmirtz said:
Seems a shame to have to take it down after all that work 
...But without enclosed sides, it would be pretty useless anyway cos the rain will just blow under.
Been up 2 months ! has worked ...But without enclosed sides, it would be pretty useless anyway cos the rain will just blow under.
Only a days work and £200 so no big real loss
Looks like im going to have a pergola round back hehee!
Leptons said:
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.
Right, so you have 150+ mm a side. Park close to the left wall, put carpet on the right hand wall so you don't damage your door and stop being a retard.Unless you're very fat of course.
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