Extremely worried over old rear extension !

RLH33

As a general rule a planning application for a house extension should include:

Existing and proposed block plan (for the whole property),
Existing and proposed elevations,
Existing and proposed floor plans, and a
Site location plan

You may also need a design and access statement as well, best to look at https://www.planningportal.gov.uk or your local Council website for more details.

For a house extension you don't really need an architect to draw up the plans but a local surveyor will be able to do them for you.

Mags269

RLH33 wrote: »

As a general rule a planning application for a house extension should include:

Existing and proposed block plan (for the whole property),
Existing and proposed elevations,
Existing and proposed floor plans, and a
Site location plan

You may also need a design and access statement as well, best to look at www.planningportal.gov.uk or your local Council website for more details.

For a house extension you don't really need an architect to draw up the plans but a local surveyor will be able to do them for you.

So - would it be a problem that the existing extension that was built without PP is shown on the plans? What would be the council's reaction?

hethmar

Aaargh ................................Mags, do you think they will really check that up!! If they even say anything (which is about a billion to one chance) you can act dumb, say its been there forever and a day and they wont give a ****. Get a long established local architectural technician who is probably on first name terms with all the planning department and let him do the drawings, you dont even have to mention your worries - just show him what you want. He will draw up the plan and do all the paperwork for you.

terry2

Mags269 wrote: »

So - would it be a problem that the existing extension that was built without PP is shown on the plans? What would be the council's reaction?

They won't care, and probably won't even know. Anything built that long ago would have had the paperwork moved to the council's archive, and it would be too much effort for them to get it back. They have too much work to do processing current applications to bother with history for small things like extensions.

terry2

hethmar wrote: »

Get a long established local architectural technician who is probably on first name terms with all the planning department and let him do the drawings, you dont even have to mention your worries - just show him what you want. He will draw up the plan and do all the paperwork for you.

Agreed.

You could also ask the planning people if they know of any architectural technician etc who could draw up the plans. I found mine that way (and my builder too).

Mags269

terry2 wrote: »

Agreed.

You could also ask the planning people if they know of any architectural technician etc who could draw up the plans. I found mine that way (and my builder too).

So, by doing this would it affect any current or future indemity policy as I understand you shouldn't contact the council, or because we will have the plans drawn up, it will all be accepted as 'bona fide'?

hethmar

Not sure I follow that one Mags - what indemnity policies are you talking about?.

When we had our extensions done, we told the council who we would be using and the guy said, We arent allowed to recommend anyone, but we do an awful lot of work with that chap.

Ask people around who they have used, if you are in a small town (like us) you probably only have a few to choose from anyway.

Mags269

Hethmar, sorry I wasn't being very clear! I think the previous owners paid for a policy before we bought the house and so I thought that we in turn would have to pay for an indemnity policy when we in turn sell because of the current old extension not having PP (although I am aware that these policies do seem a waste of money)

terry2

Mags269 wrote: »

So, by doing this would it affect any current or future indemity policy as I understand you shouldn't contact the council, or because we will have the plans drawn up, it will all be accepted as 'bona fide'?

no idea what you mean by an indeminity policy or not contacting the council.

You HAVE to contact the council when you get ANY building work done, as it has to meet building regulations. The building inspectors also have the right to come and examine the work in progress.

Now the council are not allowed to give recommendations, but if you aks nicely they may well suggest local people capable of doing the work (and of course they will not suggest anyone who does sloppy work, as that could mean more problems for them further down the line).

terry2

Possibly a side point:

mags269 you seem to be afraid of the planners - but there is no need to be. I have always found the people in the planning department to be helpful and approachable. So the thing to do is to contact them, say you want to build a small extension and ask them for their advice as to how to proceed. They would much rather point people in the right direction early.

(NO NEED TO MENTION THE PREVIOUS EXTENSION, SO DON'T).