Planning Permission

graemer

graemer

graemer

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I have managed to get myself in a bit of a situation regarding planning permission.

Longs story short.

My terraced house has a garage attached to it that wanted to convert into an extra rooom.

All the advice I found was that as the proposed change does not exceed 75 cubic meters then a letter of intent to the council was all that was needed.

Roll on 4 weeks and the work almost complete.

The local council now get back to me and because the owners who built the garage didnt get planning permission then I need full permission as if it was a whole new structure.

Question is where do I stand and what can I do apart from the obvious and pay the money for planning and building regs £1500 +

Also any one good at making simple plans whe would be willing to help out?
 
Did you ring your local council's Planning office to check if you needed it before doing the work? Or did you get the info off the internet?

I had a brief conversation with them and they suggested that only a proposal was needed but being impatient I wanted it now.

Going to contact the solicitor to see if they have any records.
 
yes it was built over 10 years ago as the previous owners bought the property in 1998 and the garage was there then.
 
Looks like the council wont be looking at enforcement action as long as I look at retrospective permission. Even then there is a president so permission should be easy as at least 5 houses in the street have done similar things.

Looks like it wont be as expensive as I thought just need some plans drawn up and dont know anyone who is able to do these for me without paying professionals.
 
Cheers for the info.

I thing I will try at the plans myself and see what happens. I did sutdy technical drawing at school and cartography at university but I was rubbish at it.

I got my initial info from the planning portal website that said no permissions would be needed however I did not take into acount the fact that the garage wasnt given permission.

Have checked it out with a neighbour and they have lived in the street for 41 years and the garage was there when they moved in. Dont know if this info will be of any use.

I have to say the council have been very good helping me out.
 
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