Garage challenge
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dhutch said:
GT03ROB said:
Shows how long I've been away now, building taken taken down, 900sqft garage built, all through a lockdown & its still finished months before I get back!
That is a bit mad, and fair play for pushing ahead in you absence! is that work related travel? Doofus said:
GT03ROB said:
dhutch said:
GT03ROB said:
Shows how long I've been away now, building taken taken down, 900sqft garage built, all through a lockdown & its still finished months before I get back!
That is a bit mad, and fair play for pushing ahead in you absence! is that work related travel? DonkeyApple said:
dhutch said:
Doofus said:
You're going to be in for a shock. You won't believe what's been going on since you left!
HaSo we had a minor planning issue which arose about 3/4s of the way through the build ......
...... somebody made a complaint that we had demolished an existing structure in a conservation area which apparently you need permission for. As I pointed out we didn't demolish it...it demolished itself when it fell down. So planners dropped that complaint......but then said technically our Cetificate of Lawful development now didn't cover us as technically we were replacing not repairing.....they did however say that if the 1st complaint had not been made nobody would have been any the wiser. They liked what we were doing.... but said really you need planing permission....they wouldn't object.......but still needed buy in from conservation officer & they couldn't predict outcome.
Would appear another busy body who doesn't even live in the village moaned that it was too big & out of keeping.....it's the same size materials & details as the original
it's just not covered in the ivy that held the previous one up.
....anyhow all got formal planning approval yesterday.
...... somebody made a complaint that we had demolished an existing structure in a conservation area which apparently you need permission for. As I pointed out we didn't demolish it...it demolished itself when it fell down. So planners dropped that complaint......but then said technically our Cetificate of Lawful development now didn't cover us as technically we were replacing not repairing.....they did however say that if the 1st complaint had not been made nobody would have been any the wiser. They liked what we were doing.... but said really you need planing permission....they wouldn't object.......but still needed buy in from conservation officer & they couldn't predict outcome.
Would appear another busy body who doesn't even live in the village moaned that it was too big & out of keeping.....it's the same size materials & details as the original
it's just not covered in the ivy that held the previous one up.....anyhow all got formal planning approval yesterday.
Bullet-Proof_Biscuit said:
Wtf.. Probably somebody with a chip on their shoulder after having a upvc clad garage app rejected or something. Assume approval includes conservation officer approval or is that a separate approval? Big fan of those hinges btw
It was actually a local counciller that moaned! Conservation was all part of the same approval. They had no issues at all. We'd faithfully replicated what was there in terms of exact same footprint, same ridgeline (6" below the brick building on the end); same location of doors & windows; same materials; even replicated the dormer that had a door to a hayloft in the original structure & installed a fake door. All that was changed from the original from an exterior perspective was to put the garage doors on & run the cladding horizontal as opposed to vertical. Conservation officer inspected & said it was totally in keeping with the original & the area so no problem & no comments. Given some of the horror stories you here about planning & conservation it was good that common sense prevailed. Bill said:
Looks fantastic!
Thanks bit of change from where we started but actually still the same!dhutch said:
Sounds like a good outcome, as well as a good job you didn't deviate too much! Well done.
Looks really good, and a very usable space. Do you have any plans and or photos for the brick structure?
So the new garage replaces the rotten old thing on the left. The brick building is basically an open space inside. I think the big windows look very good, but need replacing. The structure is perfectly sound & it has it's own power supply. Walls are plasterboarded with some sort of textured covering. Wie have lawful development cert to make to residential ancillary to main house. I'll be honest I need to get back & get the junk in there cleared out then I can see what really needs doing. Looks really good, and a very usable space. Do you have any plans and or photos for the brick structure?
and view from house!
Edited by GT03ROB on Friday 31st July 10:28
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