PP to extend my detached garage?
Discussion
Before I start, I have had a quick browse of the Planning Portal website and have grasped a few details but just wanted to confirm if I'm correct!
Just bought our first house last week - 60s built 3 bed semi with detached garage basically in the back garden. It's absolutely knackered and ideally wants knocking down and starting again, something which I was kind of planning anyway when we initially viewed the house but now we've moved in I've realised just how s
te it is!
I'm not sure on exact square footage but it's probably 10ft wide by 20ft long. My Astra daily would fit in it just, but opening the doors would be tricky. It finishes probably 8ft from the rear boundary of the garden, and has a sloping rather than flat roof. I'm 6'3 and I can barely reach the ceiling with my hands at the front and my head touches the ceiling at the back.
My intentions if there were no rules is to make it probably 4ft wider into my garden (the left wall of the garage IS the boundary line) and send it back all the way to the rear boundary.
So my questions are, without needing PP...
- Can I build it all the way to the rear boundary or does it have to remain 1 metre away?
- Can I bring it into my garden to make it wider, making the footprint around 14ft wide x 28ft long?
- Can I make the roof flat rather than sloping, provided it's no taller than 2.5m? Or alternatively,
I've also noticed (I think) that the sewer runs directly underneath it as there are two large manhole covers on my drive - will this implicate on things?
Just bought our first house last week - 60s built 3 bed semi with detached garage basically in the back garden. It's absolutely knackered and ideally wants knocking down and starting again, something which I was kind of planning anyway when we initially viewed the house but now we've moved in I've realised just how s
te it is!I'm not sure on exact square footage but it's probably 10ft wide by 20ft long. My Astra daily would fit in it just, but opening the doors would be tricky. It finishes probably 8ft from the rear boundary of the garden, and has a sloping rather than flat roof. I'm 6'3 and I can barely reach the ceiling with my hands at the front and my head touches the ceiling at the back.
My intentions if there were no rules is to make it probably 4ft wider into my garden (the left wall of the garage IS the boundary line) and send it back all the way to the rear boundary.
So my questions are, without needing PP...
- Can I build it all the way to the rear boundary or does it have to remain 1 metre away?
- Can I bring it into my garden to make it wider, making the footprint around 14ft wide x 28ft long?
- Can I make the roof flat rather than sloping, provided it's no taller than 2.5m? Or alternatively,
I've also noticed (I think) that the sewer runs directly underneath it as there are two large manhole covers on my drive - will this implicate on things?
Within 2 meters of the boundry, then no higher than 2.5 meters tall measured from the nearest adjacent natural ground level, the last bit is most important and it could mean the actual height can be higher on some part of the garage (sloping ground)
No more than 50‰ of the ground surrounding your house within the boundries of your property can be covered by buildings including sheds and decking, but this can include area in front of the house also.
So yes extend to boundry and axtend into garden as long as 50‰ rule ok
Yea raise height to 2.5 meters as within 2 meters of boundry.
No more than 50‰ of the ground surrounding your house within the boundries of your property can be covered by buildings including sheds and decking, but this can include area in front of the house also.
So yes extend to boundry and axtend into garden as long as 50‰ rule ok
Yea raise height to 2.5 meters as within 2 meters of boundry.
Edited by rigga on Friday 25th December 15:42
Public Sewers
You may have to enter into a Building over Sewer agreement with your Water Authority.
This will involve a fee to cover cost of before and after inspection survey of the sewers.
However the sewers may not run under the proposed extension but dependant upon the pipe size they will be an easement in place which can be 3-6 metres from centre of pipe dependant on size and depth.
If it's Thameswater as sewerage undertaker you need to contact Developer Services on their main contact number.
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/developers/693.htm
You may have to enter into a Building over Sewer agreement with your Water Authority.
This will involve a fee to cover cost of before and after inspection survey of the sewers.
However the sewers may not run under the proposed extension but dependant upon the pipe size they will be an easement in place which can be 3-6 metres from centre of pipe dependant on size and depth.
If it's Thameswater as sewerage undertaker you need to contact Developer Services on their main contact number.
https://www.thameswater.co.uk/developers/693.htm
Don't forget the Party Wall Act.
If you're digging foundations near the boundary you have to inform your neighbour in writing with two months notice. I don't recall the exact measurements for the Act, but I'm pretty sure that within 3m of the boundary you have to inform them if digging down at all.
If you're digging foundations near the boundary you have to inform your neighbour in writing with two months notice. I don't recall the exact measurements for the Act, but I'm pretty sure that within 3m of the boundary you have to inform them if digging down at all.
ferrariF50lover said:
What sort of Astra only just fits into a space 10 foot wide and 20 foot long?
If that's external measurements, it's probably more like 8-9 ft wide. Couple that with any shelving/access needed and a car soon takes up the room.My garage is a normal size and is currently occupied by my kitcar which is parked close to the nearside. I have shelves approx 1ft deep. No way I could get my M3 in there without demolishing the shelves which would mean tools and bike bits are moved into the kitchen...
One of my biggest annoyances is modern houses have tiny garages, so when I look for a new place, I need a double garage! (bugger!
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