Garage in L-shaped garden

September 25, 2022 by Igor in forum Planning Forum

#1369 Igor, 25 September 2022, 22:57

Hi,

My house is the next building from the corner of the street and I have an L-shaped rear garden connecting to the perpendicular street. There is a garage built there with the entrance aligned with facades of houses on that street.

Question - can I extend the garage all the way to the street so that the door is aligned with the fence? It is not my front garden technically.. Do I need planning permission or can I build within permitted development for outbuildings?

Thanks!

#1370 Damian, 26 September 2022, 21:02

Without sight of a plan, it sounds like you’re entering into the realms of a corner plot where there are two elevations that front highways…

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/830643/190910_Tech_Guide_for_publishing.pdf
(Page 16)

#1371 Igor, 27 September 2022, 22:20

Thanks for the response! I understand it is hard without a plan. So I sketched this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3ih7seHR3qUF6J9jsMu8PKXZL9VWFOX/view?usp=sharing
Houses are shown in grey, and my property boundary - in red. I have an existing garage aligned with front elevations of houses on Street 2. Question: can I extend it to my property boundary on Street 2 (area marked with '?')

Thanks!

#1373 Damian, 3 October 2022, 20:05

That link is asking for some kind of password. Can you upload it somewhere else?

#1375 Igor, 4 October 2022, 21:34

I've updated permissions- should work now

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J3ih7seHR3qUF6J9jsMu8PKXZL9VWFOX/view?usp=sharing

#1376 Damian, 4 October 2022, 23:38

Ok, that’s better. You would require Planning as the Garage will be extending forward and closer to a highway. It doesn’t have to be your highway, i.e. the one that sets your postcode.

#1377 Igor, 5 October 2022, 21:56

Thanks! Can you possibly point me to any regulations on this? All I could find for outbuildings is that they cannot be in front of the house's principal elevation. I don't think this is my case?

#1378 Damian, 6 October 2022, 07:52

Planning may state your property has two principal elevations… the one at the front of the house and the other at the front of the garage. Not that dis-similar to the advice provided on Page 42 of the Technical Guidance document.

Your best way to “check” would be to submit a Certificate of Lawfulness application.

#1379 Igor, 6 October 2022, 12:49

Thank you!

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