Permitted Development – Page 4
GPDO classes, limits, conditions, prior approval and Article 4 directions explained.
Permitted Development articles – page 4
279 articlesClass B roof extensions and the highway-facing roof slope
Two conditions have to be met together before Class B bars a front dormer: the slope must form the principal elevation and it must front a highway. The limits, conditions and exceptions.
The 50 per cent curtilage test in Class A explained
Both sides of the 50 per cent calculation exclude the original house footprint, and the curtilage you measure is the historic one. How the test works and what to do if you have already exceeded it.
Part 4 temporary uses: the 28 day rule and event exemptions
The 28 day rule is an annual ceiling attached to the land, not the operator, with a 14 day sub-limit for markets and motor racing. Build and break days usually count.
Part 7 extensions to shops, offices and industrial units
Part 7 of the GPDO 2015 grants extension rights for shops, offices, industrial buildings and warehouses. The caps are measured against the original building, and the boundary distances are absolute.
Party wall duties triggered by permitted development
A rear extension can need no planning application and still need party wall notices. The section 6 excavation tests, notice contents, dissent and the award explained.
Permitted development rights and restrictive covenants
A rear extension can be permitted development and still breach your deeds. How to read the Charges Register, judge enforceability, and use a deed of variation or indemnity insurance.
Sheds sold as needing no permission: checking the claim
Suppliers describe a standard specification against general limits. Height near a boundary, ground coverage and position in front of the principal elevation decide the real answer.
Permitted development where access is over an unadopted road
A permitted development right is not a licence to trespass. Checking title, the extent of an easement, splays over land you do not own and the advance payments code.
Selling a house where the extension has no paperwork
Permitted development produces no document, which is why conveyancers ask for a certificate. How the three routes differ, and why you cannot use insurance and a certificate together.
Scaffolding, hoardings and site cabins: are they development
Temporary compounds, cabins and scaffolding usually sit inside Part 4 Class A of the GPDO 2015. Anything on the highway needs a separate licence, and hoarding advertising may need consent of its own.
Prior approval not required, granted, or deemed
All three outcomes let you build. They differ in what conditions attach, what document exists afterwards, and how a conveyancer reports on it in three years.
Prior approval refused: appeal, resubmit or apply in full
The choice turns on whether the deficiency can be cured within the matters the class allows the council to consider. Before deciding, check whether the 56 days had already expired.
Built beyond the permitted development limits: options
A 3.4 metre extension where the limit is three metres is an unauthorised 3.4 metre extension, not a lawful one with a small problem. The routes out are retrospective permission, a certificate, or reducing the works.
Permitted development on a site with a tree order
The exemption that lets you do tree work to build something applies to planning permission granted on an application and excludes permission granted by a development order. Permitted development is the latter.
Building over a public sewer under permitted development
Planning rights and the sewerage undertaker's consent are separate regimes. Finding the pipe, agreeing the build over, and what to do when diversion is the only option.
Bin stores, bike stores and cabinets at a block of flats
Blocks of flats have almost no permitted development rights in their curtilage. What survives, when a store is development at all, and how to get one approved.
Air conditioning units and external plant on a house
Air conditioning is not covered by the microgeneration classes, so whether you need permission turns on external appearance, and whether you get it turns on noise.
Replacement windows, doors and changing an opening
Like for like window replacement is not development. New openings, upper floor side windows and anything in an Article 4 conservation area are a different matter.
Basements and excavations: is digging down permitted development
Lowering a cellar floor is usually not development. A new structural basement, a lightwell or anything beyond the original footprint is a different question, and a certificate is the only safe answer.
Annexes for a relative and why Class E does not permit them
Class E covers outbuildings incidental to a house, and sleeping accommodation is not incidental. Here is how annexe permissions are actually obtained, and the conditions and levy position that follow.
Garage conversions: alteration, extension or change of use
Internal garage conversion is not development and infilling the door is usually permitted development. A condition requiring the garage to be kept for parking is what actually stops most schemes.
Finding the principal elevation on a corner plot
On a corner plot a house may have two principal elevations, and the land forward of either is outside Part 1 rights. Here is how the definition works and how to get it confirmed.
Measuring height on a sloping plot for permitted development
On a sloping plot, permitted development height is measured from the highest part of the ground next to the building, not from the new floor level. Here is how to find and prove that datum.
Confirming permitted development with a lawful development certificate
A section 192 certificate confirms proposed works would be lawful; a section 191 certificate confirms existing works already are. Here is the evidence each needs and when the fee is worth paying.
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