retrospective Planning Refusal on Render

Section62

gavin7 said:

Section62 said:

gavin7 said:

eddddy said:

Is it a listed building and/or is the property in a conservation area?

You can appeal the council's decision...

• If it's a listed building, see: https://www.gov.uk/appeal-listed-building-consent-decision

• If not, see: https://www.gov.uk/appeal-householder-planning-decision

You may want to hire a planning consultant to help you.


And/or you could try discussing other options with the council which are less drastic than removing all the render. For example, would changing the roofline, or adding other architectural features make it acceptable?

thank you no its not a listed building or in conservation area thats what i dont get.

If the council asked you to make a retrospective application that would suggest the work wasn't (for some reason) permitted development.

What were the exact grounds for refusal? Not liking the change in appearance would suggest listing or conservation area.  But if you've added 100mm+render to the external dimensions of the house (particularly at the front) then this might be a 'technicality' issue which they may have made a mistake over.

If it is an ex-council property, have you got a covenant saying you can't make certain alterations without the council's prior consent?  That isn't the same as planning permission.  Has someone at the council crossed some wires with you?

Had a look and there's nothing to say i can do anything,

Are you sure?  It would be incredibly unusual for an ex-council property to not have a set of restrictive covenants preventing things such as structural alterations without prior approval.

gavin7 said:

the grounds of refusal is the rest of the road is brickwork

I meant the exact grounds - the refusal notice should explain in some detail why changing the appearance of the house is an issue (and also why consent was needed in the first place).

gavin7 said:

but this was a grant i applied for on the government web site under the green home scheme

This makes no difference.  Being grant funded doesn't bypass the need for planning consent.