On 15 Dec, 11:15, John Rumm wrote:
mogga wrote:
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:20:48 +0000, Lobster
wrote:

mogga wrote:
http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dormertw3.jpg
I've mentioned this a couple of times - I think it looks a bit funny
tbh - the back of it is all flat down across the full width.
I think it's his boiler outflow pipe across the front.
The front small bedroom is now stairs and boiler room ...

What do you think? It's a bit funny quaint looking on this front
corner.
It is a bit odd isn't it - he's obviously (almost) converted a hip roof
to a gable-end (if that's the correct vernacular) - I can't imagine why
he didn't follow it through to the front wall of the house?

Maybe getting round some planning stipulation that the front elevation
of the property wouldn't be altered at all? I wouldn't mind betting
that the plans submitted for Planning Permission are slightly different
to the final result!

David

It only went for building control whatsists - not planning permission
- permitted development...

You can still do a hipped to gable conversion without needing PP.

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Interesting. Our council guidance says permitted development does not
allow a hip to gable conversion, since it affects the roofline.
However, I still see them being done around the place. but I assumed
not without planning permission. Of course, since you make up your own
mind whether planning is required, I guess some people just get away
with it. Apparently there is such a thing as a lawful development
certificate, but my council denied such a thing existed !
One thing I have never been clear about is what is nationally decreed
and what's local.
And don't lets even get started with the local planning committee !
Simon.