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Can I put windows in?
jaqui59
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Hi everyone
A few months ago we acquired planning permission to build an outbuilding in our garden.
The building works have now commenced, and we have got to the stage where all the walls have now been built in breeze block ... Trouble is we now feel a couple more additional windows are required on the front elevation to make the building more aesthetically pleasing.
Obviously these windows were not on the original drawings submitted by our Planning Consultant, and we are not sure whether we can just ask our builder to put them in, or whether we have to call the Council Planning Department.
Our Planning Consultant is away on holiday for a couple of weeks, so we cant ask him ... Can anybody help?
A few months ago we acquired planning permission to build an outbuilding in our garden.
The building works have now commenced, and we have got to the stage where all the walls have now been built in breeze block ... Trouble is we now feel a couple more additional windows are required on the front elevation to make the building more aesthetically pleasing.
Obviously these windows were not on the original drawings submitted by our Planning Consultant, and we are not sure whether we can just ask our builder to put them in, or whether we have to call the Council Planning Department.
Our Planning Consultant is away on holiday for a couple of weeks, so we cant ask him ... Can anybody help?
Some days I wake up Grumpy ... Other days I let him lie in.
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1) you get the windows 'spaces ' put in .
You get refused permission , space is then 'bricked up , some cost , but nothing major.
2) You do nothing for a fortnight, builder then gets permission has to cut holes out , some cost involved.
3) no holes, then no permission .......no cost.
4) call the Council Planning Department.cost of a phone call .......and correct advice.0 -
I agree. It's probably cheaper to build with the window spaces and then brick hem up than it would be to cut new windows...
I'm also of the school of thougt that it's easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission. Do it and if the planners say no then brick them up. What's the worse that can happen? A bill for a couple of hundred quid?0 -
I'm also of the school of thougt that it's easier to beg forgiveness than to ask permission
Also my motto.
Its got me into so much trouble of the years .........but made life a lot easier.0 -
Is it all ground floor? In which case, nothing extra should be required - unless you are in a desnignated area.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Yes, its all on the ground floor and in a greenbelt areaSome days I wake up Grumpy ... Other days I let him lie in.0
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Would take some advice from the builder, he has had more dealings with the council and will have an idea what is possible. He may have come across this 'problem' before.0
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