Works that can be carried out through permitted development
If you're doing small building work on your home, you might not need to get planning permission if it does not affect the area around it.
This is called 'permitted development'.
Below is a list of building projects that may not need planning permission if they meet the rules for being permitted developments.
Works on your home
Adding an extension to your house
If you want to add an extension to your house, you might not need planning permission depending on a number of things.
Check to see if your extension meets the rules for permitted development.
Adding a porch to your house
If you want to add a porch to a front door, back door or side door on your house, most of the time it should fall under permitted development rules.
Check to make sure your porch meets the rules for permitted development.
Adding decking to your house
If you want to add decking or some other type of platform to your house, you should check to see whether it's a permitted development.
Find out if your planned decking meets the rules for permitted development.
Adding an access ramp to your house
If you or someone else is having trouble getting into your house because of a step, you can build an access ramp to help make things easier.
Check to see if your access ramp's size and length meet the rules for permitted development.
Enlarging a roof by adding a dormer
If you want to add extra space to the top floor of your house, you might want to consider adding a dormer.
A dormer is an extension, usually with a window, that sticks out of a sloping roof and gives you a bit more headroom.
Most dormers fall under permitted development rules, but you should check to make sure.
Attaching something to or altering the outside of your house
At some point, you may want to add something to your house that has to fit on the outside.
If you want to do this, you should first find out whether it needs planning permission or counts as a permitted development.
Check to see if the addition or improvement you want to add to the outside of your house meets the rules for permitted development.
Attaching something to or altering the outside of your flat
At some point, you may want to add something to your flat that has to fit on the outside.
If you want to do this, you should first find out whether it needs planning permission or counts as a permitted development.
Check to see if the addition or improvement you want to add to the outside of your flat meets the rules for permitted development.
Works around your home
Build a shed, garage or greenhouse
If you own a home you may want to add a shed, garage, greenhouse or other building around it. These are known as 'ancillary buildings'.
Most ancillary buildings do not need planning permission, but you should still check to make sure the one you want to build meets the rules for permitted development.
Do engineering work or add an installation behind your home
If you own a home, you may want to add or install something in the garden or grounds behind it.
This could include garden works, free-standing solar panels, a flagpole, a swimming pool or an oil tank.
Most installations like this buildings do not need planning permission, but you should still check to make sure what you want to build meets the rules for permitted development.
Lay a hard surface outside your house
You may want to add a hard surface (like paving, patio or a driveway) to the grounds or garden around your home.
You might also want to repair or replace a hard surface you already have.
Check to see if the hard surface you want to build meets the rules for permitted development.
Build a gate, fence or wall around your house
If you want to build, maintain or improve a gate, fence or wall around your house, you might be able to do it as a permitted development.
Check to see if your gate, fence or wall meets the rules for permitted development.
Build a gate, fence or wall around your flat
If you want to build, maintain or improve a gate, fence or wall around your flat, you might be able to do it as a permitted development.
Check to see if your gate, fence or wall meets the rules for permitted development.
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