do concrete garages require planning permission?

Doozergirl

the_r_sole wrote: »

best advice for permitted development right is always contact the local authority - I have had some recently where pd entitlement had been removed for a couple of different reasons, the only people that can give the definitive answer is the local authority

Of course it is, and it had been said many times before I posted. I also specifically said that all other criteria needs to be met.

But people here are offering very differing advice, much of it wrong. There is a bucket load of official advice that we can link to so that we don't have have to answer with complete misinformation and the OP might have a fighting chance of a sensible conversation with a planning officer.

The planning portal is an excellent website, gives people a much more confident place to start from than being given blanket bans on conservation areas and the complete go ahead from a manufacturer.

cyclonebri1

Doozergirl wrote: »

Of course it is, and it had been said many times before I posted. I also specifically said that all other criteria needs to be met.

But people here are offering very differing advice, much of it wrong. There is a bucket load of official advice that we can link to so that we don't have have to answer with complete misinformation and the OP might have a fighting chance of a sensible conversation with a planning officer.

The planning portal is an excellent website, gives people a much more confident place to start from than being given blanket bans on conservation areas and the complete go ahead from a manufacturer.

You have to ask yourself why they ask here then?

I can offer 1 answer, that's that they want to know what other people have done?, have they fell foul of the council? and did all the red tape come into play?

Ok, read that in many ways, but we often know the answer before we ask, we, (the OP in this case), want to know what happens in reality maybe.;);)

tasticz

Thanks for replies everyone looks like it will come under pd for me yipee!

does anyone know if i need to apply for the certificate or if i can just leave it as it is without being hassled

Doozergirl

tasticz wrote: »

Thanks for replies everyone looks like it will come under pd for me yipee!

does anyone know if i need to apply for the certificate or if i can just leave it as it is without being hassled

You don't need to have one. Even when you sell, there will be a question in the sellers pack that asks for relevant certs etc. you can say n/a - falls under permitted development. If a buyer demanded one in the future then you could produce it, but for a detached, pre-fab concrete garage, it's not going to happen.

You still might want to pop down to your local planning surgery, just to confirm it's PD and they haven't removed your rights for whatever reason (usually big previous extensions and suchlike or a recent build with not a great deal of land around it for parking etc)

Doozergirl

tasticz wrote: »

Thanks for replies everyone looks like it will come under pd for me yipee!

does anyone know if i need to apply for the certificate or if i can just leave it as it is without being hassled

You don't need to have one. Even when you sell, there will be a question in the sellers pack that asks for relevant certs etc. you can say n/a - falls under permitted development. If a buyer demanded one in the future then you could produce it, but for a detached, pre-fab concrete garage, it's not going to happen.

You still might want to pop down to your local planning surgery, just to confirm it's PD and they haven't removed your rights for whatever reason (usually big previous extensions and suchlike or a recent build with not a great deal of land around it for parking etc)