do i need planning permission to remove

mumto2loves

...a brick shed?!

we've got a brick wall coming from the side of our house down the length of our garden, this 'butts up' agaist a brick shed which forms the corner, then another wall comes from the other side to make the back wall of our garden.

we are planning on removing the 2 walls and brick shed and putting a fence down the side and along the bottom. mainly because the shed and one of the walls is really leaning over.

i've just been out (getting the bin in) and mentioned it to my neighbour and he said 'oo thats good, i didn't think you'd get permission to take that down':eek:
eerr we haven't asked for permission?:o its our shed and wall - there isn't anyone on the other side, would we need permission?

Norman_Castle

You could ask your neighbour why he thinks permission is needed, and contact your local planning office if he gives you a viable reason or you still have doubts.

DVardysShadow

I think you don't need PP, but applying for a Certificate of Lawful development may resolve the issue.

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/developmentcertificates

keystone

You may need PP if you are in a conservation area.

Cheers

mumto2loves

ok, just asked him why would i need permission, he said because its ex council and they built it.

my husband has just made me go and look out if the upstairs window. there are only 4 sheds left (including ours) in the houses around ours everybody else has removed theirs. he thinks i'm a plonker for even thinking about it.
the plan atm is we're taking the wall and shed down today / tomorrow, the fencer is coming monday.

keystone

mumto2loves wrote: »

ok, just asked him why would i need permission, he said because its ex council and they built it.

So what? Tell him not to be such a busybody. Council don't own it anymore - you do. Would you ask Redrow if they would mind if you changed the fence in the garden as its not to your taste after you had bought a new property from them?

...there are only 4 sheds left (including ours) in the houses around ours everybody else has removed theirs...

So ask your neighbours if they needed permission and if they didn't even ask have they received flak from the council since?

the plan atm is we're taking the wall and shed down today / tomorrow, the fencer is coming monday.

Bit late to ask then really. Just get on with it.

Cheers

Barneysmom

No you don't need permission to knock down your shed.
You might have had to if you were expanding the footprint by say building a brick garage there.

He's probably thinking back to old times when you weren't allowed to make any changes to council houses.

boogiemaster

You don't need planing permission to take down a wall or shed.

My dads house is x council and he took down his wall and never asked for permission.

He's also a builder and would laugh at your neighbour and call him an idiot to his face.

cootuk

If you rent, then the owner would need to approve.

You might want to get the neighbours approval on replacing the wall, just to keep things sweet.
Is the wall on the boundary?
Also agree on the fenceline as you put in the posts as the neighbour may get iffy if they think you are 'stealing' a bit of their garden.

mumto2loves

cootuk wrote: »

If you rent, then the owner would need to approve.

You might want to get the neighbours approval on replacing the wall, just to keep things sweet.
Is the wall on the boundary?
Also agree on the fenceline as you put in the posts as the neighbour may get iffy if they think you are 'stealing' a bit of their garden.

there isn't anyone on the other side of the wall, just a grassy area then a path then the road, out the back is a footpath then a car park area. the neighbour i was talking to is on the other side of the garden.

well i'm happy now from the above opinions, just to let my husband get on with it. (other than chaining myself to the gate i probably wouldn't have been able to stop him anyway:rotfl:)

thanks guys