How can i check how my property is catalogued (detached, semi detached or link detached)

saajan_12

javixeneize said:

eddddy said:

However, Land Registry Sold Price Data holds "Property Type" information. Search for your house here, to see what it says about your house: https://landregistry.data.gov.uk/app/ppd

But if the Land Registry information is a poor description of the house type - it's probably best not to use it.

However, land registry displays it is detached, so i should stick to the official information

javixeneize said:

I thought land registry was the official source for this, and if it says it’s detached, that’s what it is, isn’t it?

No, there is no official source for the property type, just as for the number of bedrooms, etc etc. Land Registry is the record for land ownership and transfers. Any other info is incidental, likely self reported without any checking and not updated as people alter the build. 

The relevant property type would depend on the actual situation on the ground. 

canaldumidi

Out of interest, what has prompted your query?

Are you selling, and wondering how to describe it?

Applying for insurance?

Applying for Planning Permission?

Questioning the description used by your seller, or surveyor, when you purchased?

Or what?

javixeneize

This is to understand if I need to ask for a plannin permission for a conservatory

this is the closest I have seen on the internet, hope it helps 

canaldumidi

I assume therefore that your concern is whether the conservatory will fall within 'Permitted Development

* Single-storey rear extensions cannot extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by more than four metres if a detached house; or more than three metres for any other house

Clearly the house in the photo is not detached. Your planned conservatory can extend for up to 3 metres under PD, or you can apply for planning permission for a larger conservatory.

If in doubt, ask the planners at your council!

Gavin83

In terms of classification it’s a difficult one. I’d consider a semi detached as two properties that completely share one wall. A link detached for me are two houses which are only joined via their garages. This sits somewhere in the middle.

However the PD rights expressly state it’s 4 metres if it’s a detached property. Regardless of what you consider this to be it clearly isn’t a detached house. I’d say you’ve got 3 metres to play with.

However as others have advised your best bet is to speak to your local planning department.

Grumpy_chap

javixeneize said:

Hi

I need to check if my property is considered as detached, semi detached or link detached. When i bought the house, in the papers there was no information at all about it. Where could i find this information?

Thanks

javixeneize said:

So, for me to understand, I have been told my conservatory can be 3 metres max if the house is not detached. In land registry it is catalogued as detached, but by the look of it, it is link detached

I thought land registry was the official source for this, and if it says it’s detached, that’s what it is, isn’t it?

I think the key factor here is that there is not, to the best of my knowledge any official place where a property is catalogued as detached, semi-detached or terraced.  On that basis, the OP cannot find the information requested.

Even if there were such a catalogue, it would not change what the house actually is and / or how a reasonable person would classify the the house if the house were viewed.  Any such "catalogued record" could easily become incorrect as extensions are added etc. and would not, therefore, be a reliable source of information.

In the context of a rear extension and whether or not the property is detached or semi-detached or otherwise classified, the relevant authority that can make a determination is the local planning authority.  I doubt they will provide a confirmation for free.  The simplest thing is for the OP to submit an application for Certificate of Lawful Development in advance of building the conservatory.  This will then allow the procedure to be followed to confirm whether the proposed size of the conservatory is permitted or otherwise.

The alternative is for the OP to proceed with the construction based upon their assessment of the property type (according to whatever official "catalogue" the OP is choosing to rely upon) and take their chances whether the local planning authority would inspect and enforce if the size is greater than permitted for the property type.  This is probably all a load of hassle the OP could well do without and, potentially, I am sure the OP really wont want to afford the costs of remedial works if the local planning authority decide the property is attached where the OP had built based upon detached.

Given that the Certificate of Lawful Development process is quick, simple and low cost, I don't see why it is worth skipping that in this instance.

FWIW - the properties in the photo look like semi-detached to me, unless the other side is also joined in which case I would say they are terraced.  That is just wjat I see, and not a final, official position which can only come from the local planning authority in this context.

Good luck OP, and please keep the thread updated with how this turns out.

Tigsteroonie

I lived in a house similar to the one in the photograph - it was a run of four houses. Three had a bedroom on the right (as you faced them) that hung over the drive, forming a car port; and the final house on the end didn't have that bedroom. There were garages but those stood detached, at the back, in part of the garden. Our houses were described on the builder's literature as "link detached".

Elsewhere houses on the same estate were described as semi-detached because the whole of one side was shared with the neighbouring house. 

Tigsteroonie

Mind you, I often see End-of-Terrace houses described as semi-detached. Which they are, I guess, but they are also the end of a terrace So who knows. 

Section62

canaldumidi said:

I assume therefore that your concern is whether the conservatory will fall within 'Permitted Development

* Single-storey rear extensions cannot extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by more than four metres if a detached house; or more than three metres for any other house

Clearly the house in the photo is not detached. Your planned conservatory can extend for up to 3 metres under PD, or you can apply for planning permission for a larger conservatory.

If in doubt, ask the planners at your council!

But as outlined earlier in the thread, only if the planning authority take the view the property is a 'house', and if permitted development rights actually exist.

If the OP's property is similar to that pictured then it is very likely to be a relatively recent build, and therefore it is quite possible (IMV quite likely) that the local planning authority removed (some/all) permitted development rights in the original planning consent.

If so, a full application for planning consent would be required, regardless of how large the planned conservatory is. The 3m / 4m question is irrelevant if PD rights don't exist in the first place.

UnderOffer

We have similar houses to your photo and it is confusing, Estate Agents list as link-detached, the Land Registry past sales show them as semi-detached. Current property on market states detached.