"John Kelly" wrote in message
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Bit confused over this.

Plans we have for our house show the angle of the extension roof to be
about 20 degrees. Looking on the http://www.sandtoft.com/ says that the
minimum roof pitch would be 30 degrees which is quite a difference and
makes the extension room more of a corridor, and hence not a lot of use.
I have to say that the plans were drawn up by an architect over 6 years
ago by the previous owners who divorced each other rather than doing the
extension.

Maybe I'm looking at the wrong website for the roof tiles we've got - I
don't really know which ones they are but they do look like old english
pantile according to the website pictures.

Anyone any advice on just how low you can go with roof tiles?


Firstly, if the plans were passed back then, you will have to resubmit for
planning approval anyway (AFAICR 6 years is somewhat too long!). To avoid
unnecessary cost, I would ask for an interview with the planning department,
explain the situation and ask if the roof slope would preclude passing now,
before resubmitting.

Secondly, I did hear (today) from someone who got away with 20deg (with some
restriction on the tiles) although the local authority set a minimum of
22.5deg .


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