"MadJen" wrote in message
.uk...
Hi O knowledgeable ones.....

I am hoping to have an extension on my house for my Aged P to live in so I
can look after him. It will consist of a living room/bedroom with a
bathroom
and be a single storey.


There's quite a lot of web-based information on what used to be the 'John
Prescott' odpm sites covering precisely these questions .... FAQs include;
'do I need planning permission?; how do I proceed? ; etc. etc.. . BTW the
ODPM is now splintered off and Roof Kelly is ,apparently, responsible for
roofs, walls, windows etc. ... her bailiwick seems to be called DCLG (this
week) ' ... don'cha just lurve 'communities' ...!

Basically, you are permitted to 'develop' your house by n cubic metres
volume _without_ planning permission (but you must comply with (separate)
Building Regulations, this is called PD (Permitted Development). If your
building is going to have a change of use ... multiple occupancy? ... then
you _may_ require planning permission. Charges seem to vary by council -
there's a requirement for the planning department to be self-financing,
AIUI.

My council charges a £135 fee on submission of an application for planning
permission. The drawings submitted are little more than sketches depicting
how the house looks before and after the proposed change(s). Once planning
permission has been given a set of detailed (full) drawing needs to be
submitted to the separate Building Control department . Within two hundred
metres of my house at least three 'extensions' have been 'erected' without
planning permission within the 'permitted development' limits of the
original house. Contrary wise; there's an equal number of houses that needed
planning permission because they didn't want to be constrained to the limits
imposed by PD.

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Brian