Planning permission - Garage in front garden

[pav2222]

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?

[dave_Sw1]

pav2222 said:

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?

Long shot given the age of the post but how did you get on with woking council?

[dhutch]

V8RX7 said:

Basically unless you can show someone else nearby has done similar / elsewhere the building line is further forward you are very unlikely to succeed.

Which begs the questions, how did the first one get there!

[dhutch]

snotrag said:

Interested in this.... .. that despite being a normal residential street, there is no clear 'building line' and all the houses are at odd angles..

I wonder this too, our house is at an angle, and further set back that others on the street.

Ideally we would have a garage in a location which would be forward of the front elevation of the house, while also being no closer to the road than the existing closest point of our house, and would remain fully screened by an existing established hedge and tree line.

[t.boydy]

dave_Sw1 said:

Long shot given the age of the post but how did you get on with woking council?

Looking on Google maps, looks like he got his garage

Tom

[dhutch]

t.boydy said:

dave_Sw1 said:

Long shot given the age of the post but how did you get on with woking council?

Looking on Google maps, looks like he got his garage

Oh wow, did not check the date on that having just walked in off the DIY area.

But yeah, fair.

[dhutch]

elliot_holder said:

Here's a google link which shows it a bit better. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.2569905,-0.66528...

[Chipstick]

Decided to be nosey and look it up on the planning portal. The original plan for the 2 storey garage was refused, however permission was eventually granted for a single story oak framed garage with log store. Hopefully the OP is enjoying his new space

[dhutch]

Fair do. I guess thats reduced the roofline and significantly softened the impact.

[sospan]

Good result in th3 end. I see that the garage is also partly screened by trees on the property. That softens the impact albeit adding to tree preservation requirements for the build.
Re building past the front of a hoyse, we did this in a previoys hoyse. It was a porch withthe front line extended sideways to 3xtend a garage forwards onto the drive. This meant we kept the garage dimensions longer when adding an extension of garage/kitchen aling the side of the house without building out towrds the rear. We didn't have any planning issues and it was less than 2m forward of the house front. Other nearby houses later did similar.