On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:33:38 +0100, "Peter Crosland"
wrote:


A veranda is just a small roof hung off the side of the outside wall with
a
few upright supports; it may even have just a decking floor. Or look at
it
as decking with a roof hung off the side of the house. Amazing, in that a
conservatory which can be 30% of the house floor area and fully enclosed,
have no planning or building control,

Such a structure would almost certainly require planning permission and be
subject to building control aswell.


I don't think so.

From the Building Regulations perspective, a conservatory, porch,
covered yard, covered way or a carport open on at least two sides and
no larger than 30m^2 is exempt as long as it's at ground level only
and any gladd conforms to Part N of the Building Regs. There is also
a requirement regarding separation from the rest of the house and
control of heating arrangements.

Regarding planning permission, a conservatory is exempt if it plus any
existing extensions have a volume of less than 10% of the original
house volume or 50 cu.m for a terraced house, 15% or 70 cu.m for a
semi detached or detached. whichever is greater, as long as it will
not be nearer to the road boundary than the existing property.

It isn't hard to meet these requirements even with quite a large
conservatory and not be required to seek "permission" or "control".




..andy

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