I am buying a house round the corner from me in Havering, but we are having so many issues with it, because the solicitors want everything to be 100% spot on.
Basically the outbuilding is 17"7 x 13"8 which I worked out to be 22.69 Sq M.
Now the vendors solicitor raised an indemnity (prob spelt wrong) on the outbuildings instead of just getting it checked out, but my solictors wont accpet it because they know I called the council at one stage to get them to send me over the rules and regs on outbuildings.
The fax i got from the council says the building must not have a floor area of more than 30 Sq M which would mean this outbuilding passes.
But on the planning part on the councils website it states the following:
Q: ...a shed, greenhouse or other outbuilding?
A: Generally speaking, if the structure is less than 5m away from the original house, it will be treated in the same way as any other extension. Therefore, please refer to our standard volume guide for householders for more info.
Permission is required if the proposal;
Covers more than 50% of the land (known as "curtilage") surrounding the property
Is more than 4m high with a pitched roof, or 3m with a flat roof
Is within 20m of a pavement or road and the proposal will reduce this figure
If the building is used for business purposes (eg; storage, office or sales space)
Involves a Listed Building and/or is in a Conservation Area and the outbuilding is bigger than 10 cubic metres
Now this has really confused me, so which one do we look at? As 3m with a flat roof (and building in question has a flat roof) would mean that the 13" 8 is over the height permitted??!!
Anyones views on this would be great.
Basically the outbuilding is 17"7 x 13"8 which I worked out to be 22.69 Sq M.
Now the vendors solicitor raised an indemnity (prob spelt wrong) on the outbuildings instead of just getting it checked out, but my solictors wont accpet it because they know I called the council at one stage to get them to send me over the rules and regs on outbuildings.
The fax i got from the council says the building must not have a floor area of more than 30 Sq M which would mean this outbuilding passes.
But on the planning part on the councils website it states the following:
Q: ...a shed, greenhouse or other outbuilding?
A: Generally speaking, if the structure is less than 5m away from the original house, it will be treated in the same way as any other extension. Therefore, please refer to our standard volume guide for householders for more info.
Permission is required if the proposal;
Covers more than 50% of the land (known as "curtilage") surrounding the property
Is more than 4m high with a pitched roof, or 3m with a flat roof
Is within 20m of a pavement or road and the proposal will reduce this figure
If the building is used for business purposes (eg; storage, office or sales space)
Involves a Listed Building and/or is in a Conservation Area and the outbuilding is bigger than 10 cubic metres
Now this has really confused me, so which one do we look at? As 3m with a flat roof (and building in question has a flat roof) would mean that the 13" 8 is over the height permitted??!!
Anyones views on this would be great.
