Building something smaller than planning permission

Tim Robbins · 2022-06-04 17:15:15

Hi, We just got planning permission for two story around 60 square metre. However, the quotes are too expensive for us so considering scaling it back a bit to 54 square metre in the hope we will save a few bob. If you have to pay the council for what you got in your planning permission and you end up building something…

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Tim Robbins

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Hi,
We just got planning permission for two story around 60 square metre.
However, the quotes are too expensive for us so considering scaling it back a bit to 54 square metre in the hope we will save a few bob.
If you have to pay the council for what you got in your planning permission and you end up building something smaller what happens?

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You might get varying opinions, but as far as I would be concerned, you need to go back for planning (i.e. submit another planning application) to amend/reduce what you have planning permission for.

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