Are you allowed more than one porch without planning permission?

oaksandacorns

Hello

We're living in a semi detached  house (driveway up the side, 6ft fences between us and neighbour who's also got a drive) with a front porch already there before we moved in for coats and shoes. There is no other hallway, it would've originally been door straight into a square at the foot of the stairs. The under stairs door is in the kitchen and we use it as a cleaning cupboard.

We'd like to add another porch off the back kitchen door. I would like to put in a stacked washer dryer (as our kitchen is very small, it would free up the washing machine space for food storage) and our gardening coats and wellies.

My question is, if we already have a front porch, is adding a rear porch allowed?

I assume it is cheaper to add a porch than to extend the kitchen by the 3m square permitted for a porch.

Doozergirl

The rule is basically that only porches are allowed under PD on a front elevation - it's a rule for all front elevations not a rule for all porches.
 

The rules at the back are those for an extension, meaning you could go to 6 or 8 metres deep and as wide as the house if you want!  

oaksandacorns

We were hoping to add a porch at the back and not need planning, thought it'd be cheaper and easier

Doozergirl

I've just told you that you can do that and a great deal more, provided your house has permitted development rights intact.  

TELLIT01

It doesn't matter what you want to call it.  An extension at the side or rear is cover by the rules outlined by Doozergirl.