WHEN YOU DON'T NEED PLANNING PERMISSIO
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Under the amended legislation, the following does not need an application for planning permission:
i he erection of buildings (aria not just their extension or alteration) provided the height of the new building does not exceed 5m if it is within 10m of the boundary of the attached land. Anywhere else the height must riot exceed either the height of the highest building in the curtilage (land attached to a building) 15m. whichever is lower.
The gross floor space of the new building must not exceed 100m2.
In the case of alterations or extensions, the height of the building as altered or extended must not exceed 5m if within 10m of the boundary or, if elsewhere, it must not be higher than the building which has been altered or extended.
* No part of the new, altered or extended building may be within 5m of the curtilage boundary • For extensions, the new gross floor space created must not exceed 10% of the original with an upper limit of 500m2 in protected areas and 25% or 1,000m2 elsewhere.
o PD rights don't apply within the attached land of a building listed as being of special architectural or historic interest.
• There must be no reduction in the space available for parking/turning vehicles.
• Where the new, extended or altered building is for employee facilities (such as a canteen) it may riot be used between 7.00pm and 6.30am except for facilities provided for employees working during those times. The building must not be used for employee facilities at all if there are hazardous substances on the premises.
* In protected areas (i.e. national parks), the new, extended or altered building must be constructed of materials having a similar external appearance to the original buildings on the site.
• Two or more original buildings in the same curtilage are counted as one for the purpose of the size limits.
• "Original" building means as it was on 1 July 1948, or as it was when first built if later. Any new building erected under PD rights doesn't count as part of the original when calculating the size limits.