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A useful Technical Guidance to help clarify the legislation. Your rights are no longer governed by volume. Rights are still governed by volume when it comes to additions or alterations to roofs - see Part 1, Class B.

Charlie, I'd too be interested to know what you are referring to.......... Senor Chevalier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Char1ie - Which Planning Regs are you referring > to. The link I posted is to the primary > legislation "The Town and Country Planning > (General Permitted Development) (Amendment) (No. > 2) (England) Order 2008)". > > Part A.1(g) for example states that where the > development is within 2m of a boundary the eaves > need to be less than 3m in height. > > I'm not sure why they would specify this if > nothing within 5m of the boundary is permitted as > you are saying. If both are true then then the PD > law would be irrelevant and confusing.... > > Do you have a specific reference for where your 5m > rule comes from other than "planning regulations"?

The latest PD legislation, as per SC's link, came out in Oct '08. At the time, as is the case with most Gov't legislation, confusion reigned as to the correct interpretation of the wording therein. One particular example being the interpretation of Class A.1(e) ''extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwelling house..''. A lot of houses have more than one rear wall, so were you allowed to extend out from each rear wall or the furthest rear wall? Some Local Authority's interpreted it as the former, others the latter. It is only when trying to interpret legislation that confusion and anomolies will appear, no precedents have been set, and there are no similar case studies and/or planning appeal decisions to refer to. So, after nearly 2 years of feedback, the Gov't brought out a useful Technical Guidance in Aug '10 to help clarify the legislation, and hopefully overcome such confusion. On page 17 of the guide it clarifies what is acceptable in the rear wall scenario I cited above. Charlie, could you please clarify what part of the legislation you are referring to.