Certificate of Lawful Development Appeal Decisions by category of development.

The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
Part 1 (as amended on 1 October 2008) 

Eaves

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·       The term “eaves” does apply to the edge of a flat roof.
[Note: This contradicts the entry three below].
[Source: “DCLG - Permitted development for householders - Technical guidance” (August 2010)].

·       The term “eaves” does apply to the edge of a flat roof (note: in this particular case, the flat roof would not have an overhang that would project beyond the line of the walls).
[Note: This contradicts the entry two below].
[Source: November 2010 - Code a00165].
[Source: December 2010 - Code a00185].
[Source: January 2011 - Code a00191].
[Source: February 2011 - Code a00210].

·       Where the roof of an extension consists of a pitched roof rising up to an area of flat roof, then the height of the “eaves” is not just the lower end of the pitched roof, but also the top of the flat roof.
[Note: This contradicts the entry below].
[Source: April 2011 - Code a00235].

·       The term “eaves” does not apply to the edge of a flat roof (note: in this particular case, the flat roof would not have an overhang that would project beyond the line of the walls).
[Note: This contradicts the entry above, the entry two above, and the entry three above].
[Source: November 2009 - Code a00046].
[Source: January 2010 - Code a00073].
[Source: November 2010 - Code a00164].

·       The term “eaves” does not apply to the top of a parapet wall.
[Source: January 2010 - Code a00073].
[Source: “DCLG - Permitted development for householders - Technical guidance” (August 2010)].
[Source: November 2010 - Code a00164].

·       The height of the eaves should be measured from the ground level at the base of the outside wall to the point where this wall would meet (if projected upwards) the upper surface of the roof.
[Source: “DCLG - Permitted development for householders - Technical guidance” (August 2010)].
[Source: November 2010 - Code a00152].
[Source: December 2010 - Code a00182]
[Source: December 2010 - Code a00185].
[Source: January 2011 - Code a00191].
[Source: February 2011 - Code a00210].

·       For an extension with a pitched roof, the “eaves” of the extension are the lower end of the slope, and can not be taken to be the higher end (i.e. ridge-line) of the slope.
[Source: August 2009 - Code a00014].
[Source: February 2011 - Code a00206]. 

·       For an extension with a pitched roof, the “eaves” of the extension are the lower end of the slope, and can not be taken to be the side edges (i.e. verge) of the slope.
[Source: December 2009 - Code a00064].
[Source: November 2010 - Code a00152].

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