Garden Buildings - less restrictive
PD since Oct. 1st 2008.
One of the most glaring changes to the latest PD
criteria is the alteration of wording to Class E of
the GPDO. It used to be that if you were in a
Conservation Area your Class E Permitted Development
Rights were removed - It now seems that this has been
redefined.
Conservation Areas as defined by the previous
GPDO for Class E were roped into the global restriction of
Article 1(5) which included National Parks & Areas of
Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). This meant that all PD
rights for ancillary garden buildings were removed &
that formal Planning Consent would be removed.
All this, it appears, has now changed for Class E type
garden buildings where sites within Conservation Areas now only
seek to restrict the siting of a garden building such as
swimming pool enclosures, lodges, summer houses etc.
The new wording seems to prevent
ancillary garden buildings being placed between the side
elevation & the side boundary of a dwelling.
Therefore, anywhere within the rear garden & away from the
side elevation / side boundary now seems to be
acceptable under Permitted Development Criteria (subject to
checking with your own relevant Council). This is a
massive change.
Another change to the PD rules seems to be the removal of
the 5M distance away requirement from the main dwelling
house. Normally, all ancillary garden buildings (e.g -
swimming pool buildings) had to be a clear 5m away from the
existing / main dwelling in order to fall under the previous
PD criteria. The minimum distance from the existing
dwelling again seems to be no longer relevant under the new
Permitted development rules.
This could mean that a building may now be allowable under
Permitted Development located just a few feet away from the
existing dwelling making a later planning application for a
link extension seem more reasonable & approvable by the
Planners. (subject to checking with your own relevant
Council).
These two differences in the PD criteria really do
appear to be major deviations from the previously very
restrictive thinking that had previously prevented so many
garden buildings from being built as the Planners would
normally refuse Planning Permission for such
structures.
Obviously the garden building must adhere to the other
dimensional criteria as stated within the new Permitted
Development rules.
NOTE - This is an initial view only & may not be
correct. You must check the situation for each site first
with your own Local Authority prior to building anything under
Permitted Development.
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documents and diagrams of useful
Permitted
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