Planning Permission

Lex Luthor

Is PP required for a conservatory in your back of your house?

Manuel

I believe that within a certain floor size you don't need PP, something like 100 sq ft (more maybe). It might be the same as with the garage, where you don't need PP within a certain standard size.
Not much help, now that I think of it ...

pbergin

I believe there are a number of conditions
eg. how close the conservatory would be to neighbouring houses
size of house and size of proposed conservatory
how much of existing garden remains

Im sure someone else will have a more definitive ans.

Beta2

If its under a certain size ( not sure what that is ) and its at the back of the house then no.

We recently got a 12' X 12' conservatory and PP wasn't needed.

billsteersnose

this is a link for Wicklow Planning Permission related stuff, but I'm sure it's simular everywhere....
http://www.wicklow.ie/planning/planning_gen.htm

Branners

Its generally 40sqm to the rear of the house, but there are certain conditions, especially if the conservatory is overlooking into your neighbours boundary

jhegarty

Lex Luthor wrote:

Is PP required for a conservatory in your back of your house?

Generally, you will not need planning permission for:

* Building an extension to the rear of the house which does not increase the original floor area of the house by more than 40 square metres and is not higher than the house. The extension should not reduce the open space at the back of the house to less than 25 square metres which must be reserved exclusively for the use of the occupants of your house. If your house has been extended before, the floor area of the extension you are now proposing and the floor area of any previous extension (including those for which you previously got planning permission) must not exceed 40 square metres. (There are also other height restrictions.)
* Converting a garage attached to the rear or side of the house to domestic use so long as it has a floor area of less than 40 square metres. Building a garage at the back or side of a house so long as it does not extend out in front of the building line of the house and does not exceed 4 metres in height (if it has a tiled/slated pitched roof) or 3 metres (if it has any other roof type). This building will be exempt from planning permission once the floor area is limited to 25 square metres. Garages or sheds to the side of the house must match the finish of the house and may not be lived in, used for commercial purposes or for keeping pigs, poultry, pigeons, ponies or horses.
* Building a front porch so long as it does not exceed 2 square metres in area and is more than 2 metres from a public road or footpath. If the porch has a tiled or slated pitched roof, it must not exceed 4 metres in height or 3 metres for any other type of roof.
* Capped walls made of brick, stone or block, wooden fences but not security fences can be erected as long as they do not exceed 1.2 metres in height or 2 metres at the side or rear. Gates may be build provided they do not exceed 2 metres in height. Permission is always required to if you wish to widen or create new access to the public road.
* A central heating system chimney, boiler house or oil storage tank (up to 3,500 litres capacity).
* Car parking spaces, garden paths etc
* A TV aerial on the roof so long as it is less than 6 metres higher than the roof
* A satellite dish (up to 1 metre across the below the top of the roof) at the back or side of the house (a dish on the front needs planning permission). Only one dish may be erected on a house.