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Summer house without planning permission
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dave_j
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I am selling my house and think I may have an issue with a summerhouse in the rear garden.
It is a wooden structure that was present when I bought the house 10 years ago but has been refurbished. It is 1m within my boundary and is 3.6m in height to the ridge of the pitched roof. It was refurbished about 7 years ago.
It is used as a gym/games room.
Will this cause me a problem as it has no planning permission but it is over 10 years old.
Or would indemnity insurance help
Don't want it to hold up the sale.
Any advice will be great
It is a wooden structure that was present when I bought the house 10 years ago but has been refurbished. It is 1m within my boundary and is 3.6m in height to the ridge of the pitched roof. It was refurbished about 7 years ago.
It is used as a gym/games room.
Will this cause me a problem as it has no planning permission but it is over 10 years old.
Or would indemnity insurance help
Don't want it to hold up the sale.
Any advice will be great
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Made of wood so not a permanent structure
Wait and see if the buyer wants it or asks for it to be removed0 -
Its not a problem.
Although its height/size/placement may not conform to current requirements, it's been there more than 4 years, presumably without objection, so that's too long for any enforcement action to now be taken.0 -
its a posh shed .Its wooden so not a permanent structure .No planning required."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0
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its a posh shed .Its wooden so not a permanent structure .No planning required.
Without wishing to complicate the issue, there are size and positioning requirements for temporary structures. If someone wishes to build one which does not conform in some way, then PP must be sought.
I had to apply for PP in order to put up a polytunnel.
In this instance, the lack of PP is not now of any importance, regardless of size or position.
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thanks for all your comments/advice.
hopefully it will all go through smoothly.
my only concern is that I live in Brentwood and the planning Dept there can be a bunch of jobsworth's when they want to be.
hopefully the 4 year rule does apply but I cannot find anything to substantiate this.
all the neighbours have been in the summer house anyway so no complaints from them and it is not visible from the road.
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If the buyer's solicitor thinks it needs planning permission and your solicitor can't convince them that it doesn't then, as long as you and the buyer don't tell the council about it, you can get an indemnity policy for it.
In terms of it not causing a delay, probably best to mention it to your solicitor sooner rather than later. But the chances are it won't be an issue.0 -
What about electrics? Correct me if I am wrong but there are building regs etc when there is electricity going to it. Not that I'm saying there is electricity but if there was. I can't see a problem with planning permission though.0
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its a posh shed .Its wooden so not a permanent structure .No planning required.
Unfortunately this is poor advice. No such thing as temporary buildings. It makes no difference if it's built of brick, wood or cheese. It's been there ten years so it's clearly permanent! Such a building is 'development' and could in theory require planning permission.Made of wood so not a permanent structure
Wait and see if the buyer wants it or asks for it to be removed
However, as it's been there for more than 4 years (not 10, unless the use of the land is unlawful too), then it's now immune from enforcement action.0 -
beyourself wrote: »If you want to build something new or make a major change to your building you will probably need planning permission. You won’t need to go through the additional hassle of getting planning permission as long as your extension is no more than half the area of land around the original house, your extension is not forward of the principal elevation or side elevation onto a highway, your extension is not higher than the highest part of the roof, the maximum height of your single-storey rear extension is not higher than four meters, the materials are similar in appearance to the existing house. Your house is made of wood and it can be easily removed. Ask your buyer if he is planning to do it, if so, there will no problems for you. If you don’t know where to look for a buyer I can recommend you XDeletedX as it helped me a lot when I had to sell my house in a short period of time and move to the other city. Hope it’ll be useful for you!
You didn't read all of the thread before posting, did you? :rotfl:0
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