Calshot Road, Great Barr, Birmingham.
 
Proposed Development: Single-storey rear extension and detached garden studio.
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Following the initial planning appraisal with the applicant a single-storey rear conservatory extension was agreed on whereby the extension would form a a new entrance interface with the garden and a new detached house.   The use of composite wood cladding on the garden studio would allow for a more natural feel and reflect its position in the garden.
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The application sailed through the planning process and we are now awaiting instruction to undertake a full planning application which was submitted as a Certificate of Lawfulness application as the proposed development would be allowed under the applicants permitted development rights.  The Council agreed with our submission and Planning Application Reference: 2014/02035/PA was approved by Birmingham City Council hereby certify that on 1 April 2014 the operations described in the First Schedule hereto in respect of the land specified in the Second Schedule hereto and edged red on the plan attached to this certificate, would be lawful within the meaning of Section 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act as the proposed conservatory and outbuilding as described in the First Schedule satisfies the requirements for Part 1, Class A for the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of the dwelling house and Class E for the provision of any building required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended).

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It should be noted that the above does not apply to alterations to listed buildings, including internal ones, require consent and it is a criminal offence to alter a listed building without this consent. With a listed building the planners will always regard the existing property as more important than what you are proposing to add to it. Any extension will therefore have to respect the flavour, appearance and historic material used in the construction of the original house. Depending on the size of the extension you propose, you might need planning permission as well as listed building consent to make your alterations.

 

Generally regardless of whether your new extension does or does not require planning permission, it will need Building Regulations Approval. However with a conservatory like this if the external doors to it remain in place it doesn’t form part of the fabric of the main house and will remain exempt. With regard to the outbuilding as long as the building is not more than 30 square metres and a metre form any boundaries building regulations approval will not be required.

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