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Planning Permission:
If you live in England or
Wales, you do not usually require planning
permission for a new conservatory unless
you live in a conservation area or a listed
property. Another case where you might
need planning permission is if your property
has already been extended in some way.
Most properties have a development limit
of 50 – 70 cubic metres (depending
on where you live). If the original property
has been added to, some of this ‘permitted
development’ area may have been
used up.
It is also worth noting
that occasionally ‘permitted development’
rights may have been withdrawn from a
property and any extension no matter how
small needs permission.
Other occasions where planning
permission is required:
- Proximity to a public
footpath, road, or gitty
- Location to detached garages –
if the conservatory will finish within
5 meters of the detached garage
Our home surveyors can advise
on planning requirement for your property.
If planning permission is required then
you can obtain it yourself from plans
we supply or we can handle everything
for you. Usual cost is around £280.00.
This includes the of applying for planning
permission and the architects fee’s
to draw up and submit the plans.
Typical time for planning
permission approval is 6- 8 weeks depending
on when the planning departments meeting
takes place. Allow for our architect to
visit site, draw up and submit the plans.
If you expect to wait a maximum of 10
weeks you should not be disappointed.
If you do require planning
do not worry, it is normally just a formality.
In all our years of building conservatories
we have only had one planning dispute
on green belt land, which was resolved.
Once planning permission
has been approved there are usually only
two stipulations:
- The project has to be started within
5 years of planning approval
- The external materials should match
/ complement the existing property
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