Is consent required for?... |
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Internal alterations and repairs |
No, planning permission is not required. |
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Reroofing (no additions to roof) |
Yes, if there is a change in roofing materials or installation of roof lights on a roof slope which fronts a highway, private road or open space. |
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Installation of solar panels which in the view of the Council do not project significantly beyond the roof slope |
Yes, planning permission is required. |
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Cladding of external elevations (eg with stone, tiles, timber etc) |
No, planning permission is not required. |
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Repainting |
No, planning permission is not required. |
| Normal TV and radio aerials |
No, planning permission is not required. |
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Satellite dishes (dimensions quoted in this section refer to the measurement across any dimension of the antenna, excluding any projecting feed element, the reinforcing rim and supporting brackets) |
Planning permission is not required subject to the following:
• Dishes should not be both facing and visible from a road
• No more than two antennas are permitted
• The size of the antennas is restricted; the larger having a maximum of 100cm in any linear direction and 35 litres cubic capacity by volume; the smaller having a maximum of 60cm and 35 litres cubic capacity by volume
• Chimney-mounted antennas are also restricted to a maximum of 60cm and 35 litres cubic capacity by volume.
The antennas have certain siting restrictions:
• No antenna should protrude above the roof if the dwelling does not have a protruding chimney
• If the dwelling has a protruding chimney, antennas may protrude up to 60cm above the roof, or up to height of the chimney, whichever is the lower. |
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Replacement windows and doors |
Yes, planning permission is required if the replacement window or door fronts a highway, private road, footpath or public open space. |
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Creation of a new window (which does not project beyond the existing house) |
Yes, planning permission is required if the window fronts a highway, private road, footpath or public open space. |
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Erection of a Porch |
Planning permission is required where the external door fronts a highway, private road or open space. Otherwise, planning consent is not required unless:
• The ground area (measured externally) exceeds three metres
• The height of the porch exceeds three metres
• The porch would be less than two metres away from a road, footpath, bridleway or byway. |
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Erection of an extension including a conservatory |
You will need planning permission if one or more of the following circumstances applies:
• The size of the proposed extension plus all previous extensions exceeds 50 cubic metres or is more than 10% of the cubic content of the “original” house
• Any part of the works (including for example a dormer window) are higher than the highest part of the “original house.”
• Any part of the extension would front a highway (including a footpath), a private road or public open space
• The height of the extension exceeds four metres and is within two metres of the boundary
• All extensions and other buildings including the proposal take up more than 50% of the “curtilage” (the area surrounding the house). |
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Erection of garden shed or summer house |
Planning permission would be required if:
• The cubic content of the new structure would be greater than 10 cubic metres
• Any part of the structure would be within 20 metres of a highway and in front of that part of the dwelling house that is nearest to the highway
• The height of any pitched-roof building would exceed four metres
• The height of any other structure would exceed three metres
• All extensions and other buildings including the proposal take up more than 50% of the “curtilage” (the area surrounding the house). |
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Loft conversion or the creation of a room in the roof involving the creation of a dormer window or rooflight |
Yes, planning permission is required. |
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Creation of a hard standing for any purpose (eg, parking) |
Yes, planning permission is required.
Furthermore, separate permission is required under the Highways Act for any works required within the public highway. |
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Erection of a wall or fence |
Planning permission is required for the erection of a gate wall or other means of enclosure fronting a highway (including a footpath or bridleway), private road or public open space. |
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Demolition of a building or structure |
Conservation Area Consent is required to demolish a building in a conservation area whose external measurements exceed 115 cubic metres. |
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Demolition of a gate, fence, wall, railing or other means of enclosure |
Conservation area consent would be required if:
• the structure fronts a highway (including a public footpath or bridleway), a private road or an open space or if
• the structure is more than two metres high. |
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Conversion of house into flats |
Yes, planning permission is required. |
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Operation of a business from a dwelling |
Planning permission would be required if the character of the use as a dwelling would be materially changed. |