Garage coversion - permission needed?

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Hi

I'm wanting to convert my garage and a sitting room together into a kitchen/diner type room. Do I need planning permission to change the use and add Windows to the front of the house please?
Thanks

sevenhills

https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/25/garage_conversion


Planning permission is not usually required, providing the work is internal and does not involve enlarging the building.
If your intention is to convert a garage into a separate house (regardless of who will occupy it), then planning permission may be required no matter what work is involved. We advise that you discuss such proposals with your local planning authority to ensure that any work you do is lawful and correctly permissioned.
Sometimes permitted development rights have been removed from some properties with regard to garage conversions and therefore you should contact your local planning authority before proceeding, particularly if you live on a new housing development or in a conservation area.
Where work is proposed to a listed building, listed building consent may be required.
Please note: The permitted development allowances described here apply to houses and not to:

• Flats and maisonettes (view our guidance on flats and maisonettes)
• Converted houses or houses created through the permitted development rights to change use (as detailed in our change of use section)
• Other buildings
• Areas where there may be a planning condition, Article 4 Direction or other restriction that limits permitted development rights.

Heedtheadvice

Bear in mind that initial sentance with " ....providing the work is internal...."; you could well be making external changes to your property such as adding a window, changing entrances etcetera.

troffasky

Adding a window is PD as well:


https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/14/doors_and_windows

G_M

But you will need Building Regulations certification to ensure the conversion meets legal requirements ( of quality, safety etc).

Heedtheadvice

You may well be right Troffasky but it needs specific consideration such as country of location and what is actually to be built to ensure it falls within permission.


Such as (for England!!) described in https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permitted-development-rights-for-householders-technical-guidance
In section A3 permitted "household"
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" Development is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions- (a) the materials used in any exterior work (other than materials used in the construction of a conservatory) shall be of a similar appearance to those used in the construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse The condition above is intended to ensure that any works to enlarge, alter or improve a house result in an appearance that minimises visual impact and is sympathetic to existing development. This means that the materials used should be of similar visual appearance to those in the existing house, but does not mean that they need to be the same materials. For example: .........
• it may be appropriate to replace existing windows with new uPVC double-glazed windows or include them in an extension even if there are no such windows in the existing house. What is important is that they give a similar visual appearance to those in the existing house, for example in terms of their overall shape, and the colour and size of the frames. "


So some are allowable but they still need to meet the conditions.


Note your link may take you to the building regs section of the guide and the planning section needs to be selected on the l.h.s of the page.


The OP really needs to clarify the location of the property, Endland, Wales, Scotland, NI, ..or even elsewhere. Remember we in UK are a union of countries and there are also islands that we sometimes think are part of the UK but are not!!

troffasky

Heedtheadvice wrote: »

You may well be right Troffasky but it needs specific consideration such as country of location and what is actually to be built to ensure it falls within permission.

Given how little information the OP has provided, I can only give answers in general terms. Whilst a detailed answer is very helpful, it's really only speculative until the exact situation is known. Even then, I wouldn't bother pasting bits off a website unless trying to address a very specific point. It's not as if we're dealing with a bit of information from someone's blog that might disappear at any moment and is worth preserving in a forum post just in case.


It's not [I dearly hope...] as if the OP is going to break ground on their building project off the back of a forum post. They are going to do a bit more research, engage professionals, etc and then complexities will slowly unfold in front of them.



The link I provided to planningportal was for the planning guidance. If you want the building regs info you can put /2 on the end of that link.

parking_question_chap

Some newer properties might need planning permission for a garage conversion. Its not uncommon for housing estates to be granted permission but with some or all of the traditional permitted development rights withdrawn