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Granny Annexe & moving the Driveway

Hello

I'm hoping you good folk at MSE can give me some advice :)

I live in Chadwell Heath, RM6. My house comes under the London Borough of Redbridge.

I'm thinking of building a 1 bed Granny Annexe (GA) to the side of my house. Has anyone had any recent experience with Redbridge planning department, to get a GA approved? Is there anything I should be aware of?

The GA will be 24ft x 11ft & 240ft2 (aprox measurements). Could anyone advise what kind of construction costs I could be looking at for a basic/simple/cheap build? The GA shower/kitchen will share the wall with the kitchen in the main house, if that makes a difference.

Lastly, to do this, I'll need to move the driveway at the side of my house, to the front of the house. Assuming it gets approved, what kind of costs do the council charge for this kind of work?

Many thanks in in advance

Comments

  • razam
    razam Posts: 131 Forumite
    Hiya

    I'm guessing there's no answers because pricing a build has too many variables?

    But does anyone have any ideas of the below?
    razam wrote: »
    Lastly, to do this, I'll need to move the driveway at the side of my house, to the front of the house. Assuming it gets approved, what kind of costs do the council (Redbridge) charge for this kind of work?

    Many thanks in in advance

    Anyone had a driveway installed recently? How much did the council charge to physically drop the kerb etc.?

    Thanks in advance
  • glasgowdan
    glasgowdan Posts: 2,968 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I think the cost of dropping the kerb will be a drop in the ocean compared to building a flat and driveway!
  • dunroving
    dunroving Posts: 1,903 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Did you read the thread about installing a dropped kerb?
    (Nearly) dunroving
  • Furts
    Furts Posts: 4,474 Forumite
    Plus the post has been bounced after 11 days. During these 11 days OP could have phoned, googled, or emailed the local council to answer the cost of a drop kerb.

    As for all the rest, the post is absurd, which is why there has been no response. To get a response one needs to engage an Architect, not anonymous crystal ball gazers on this forum who have no idea what the proposed development will look like.
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