Does My Neighbour Need Planning Permission To Build A Conservatory?
Planning regulations have NOT recently been relaxed – the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order has been around since 1995 and whilst there have been amendments, these have not taken into consideration new extensions. A terraced residential unit only has a 50 cubic metre permitted development capacity (unlike a detached or semi which has a 70 cubic metre capacity) and the majority of new dwellings (built within the last 20 years) have had this right removed. There are other factors to take into consideration too like height (plumbing etc is rubbish that makes no difference), distance from highway and amount of curtilage that has been used up. You must contact your local council planning enforcement team and make a complaint; it is anonymous and once you complain they have a duty to investigate. Whilst a conservatory is not a priority they should get round to looking at it within a month. If you do not have the confidence to report it to the council for fear of r
