Hi, I think I need planning permission for this:
Carport built over driveway, which is in front of the front door but to the side. I am aware of the various height restrictions. Picture attached
Plan is to built a shed and small work out room within the area of the car port (half of the port isn't being used and is dead space). Upon research I believe this would need planning permission due to it being in the front elevation of the house, questions would be:
Could I simply move the fence over 2 meters to reestablish the boundary of the rear garden? This would mean I put the fence on the opposite side of the carport. Silly I know but could work?!
The fact that the house is on a private road, does this alter the need for planning permission and the legal need to establish the front elevation?
If it's a flat roof I believe I can build right up against an adjoining garden without needing a 2m space?
If the carport didn't have planning permission, isn't this a can of worms if I apply to build something in something that may not have permission to be there? Carport was installed early 2021 when we moved in, by a builder who was contracted to the housing developers (we didn't for it).
The house is a new build. The developers built the carport for us after the sale of the property (this was a condition of us buying it) and I'm pretty certain they did not gain planning permission for it, wouldn't they have needed to bearing in mind a carport is an outbuilding for front elevation planning permissions?
Thanks very much for looking and any help is hugely appreciated. My thoughts are to pay the £250 for the planning permission and bearing in mind it's a private road and small building in an existing carport it should not cause a huge issue.
Carport built over driveway, which is in front of the front door but to the side. I am aware of the various height restrictions. Picture attached
Plan is to built a shed and small work out room within the area of the car port (half of the port isn't being used and is dead space). Upon research I believe this would need planning permission due to it being in the front elevation of the house, questions would be:
Could I simply move the fence over 2 meters to reestablish the boundary of the rear garden? This would mean I put the fence on the opposite side of the carport. Silly I know but could work?!
The fact that the house is on a private road, does this alter the need for planning permission and the legal need to establish the front elevation?
If it's a flat roof I believe I can build right up against an adjoining garden without needing a 2m space?
If the carport didn't have planning permission, isn't this a can of worms if I apply to build something in something that may not have permission to be there? Carport was installed early 2021 when we moved in, by a builder who was contracted to the housing developers (we didn't for it).
The house is a new build. The developers built the carport for us after the sale of the property (this was a condition of us buying it) and I'm pretty certain they did not gain planning permission for it, wouldn't they have needed to bearing in mind a carport is an outbuilding for front elevation planning permissions?
Thanks very much for looking and any help is hugely appreciated. My thoughts are to pay the £250 for the planning permission and bearing in mind it's a private road and small building in an existing carport it should not cause a huge issue.