do you need to apply for planning permission for a lobby by my front door (about 3ft x 8ft)?

Question

and also a conservatory?

Answer 1

Check!........used to be a case of, extending by more than 15% of original buildings cubic capacity or 1750 cubic feet, whichever was the greater, required planning permission. Max for a porch which may or may not extend beyond the building line was two square metres floor area, over that required planning.

Answer 2

It depends where your house is and where you want to place the extensions. These rules are for the UK
If your lobby, or porch has a footprint area of less than 3 square metres measured outside the porch and 3 feet x 8 feet is 2.43 square metres, and if it is more than 2 metres from your property boundary and the road, you don't need planning permission.
For a conservatory, it depends what type of house you have. If you have a terraced house, the size of conservatory you can erect without planning permission must be no more than 10% of the volume of your house or 50 cubic metres.
If you live in a semi or detached house, the limit is 15% of the volume of your house or 70 cubic metres.

Answer 3

By no means am I an expert on planning but I doubt that permission would be required as you are not Adding to the front of your property you are just reverting it back to it's original state. If you decide to build a front porch then that probably would need planning permission.

Answer 4

It varies on council, so you need to check with them. Anthing else is gueswork thats not worth the risk.

For example, in Maidenhead a porch has to be less than 2 square metres to be planning exempt. In Oswesty its 30 square metres.....so you can see how much it varies.

Planning departments have an open surgery day where you can get to talk to a planning officer for free, without an apointment and ask.

Just phone the council and ask when thier planning open surgery times are.

Answer 5

you are best to speak to your local planning authority as you will stillbe required to fill in the relevant forms even if you do not require planning permission. it is taken from the overall volume and a lot of other factors are taken into consideration like the height to the eaves, whether its within the curtilage of the house in question etc. you will get all the answers from th e planning dept. good luck.

Answer 6

A lobby 3ft high and 8ft long? Get help- It's height by width in the trade.

Answer 7

we built a conservatory a couple of years ago and as I understand it, in the UK, provided its less than 15% of the original floor space you shouldn't need planning permission.If however you have already had extensions they don't count as original floor space so you may need it.

Answer 8

Yes, you are allowed a certain size of extension but always apply because its a lot cheaper than having to tear it all down.

Answer 9

i don't believe you will need planning ..but it only cost a phone call to check and unless you are putting in a toilet or making a structural opening you will not need building control

Answer 10

this is different from different planning offices, ring your local planning office, that's what you pay your council tax for. That said, for what you are saying - not normally, but there are lots of depends on...