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Class A THE ENLARGEMENT,
IMPROVEMENT OR OTHER ALTERATION OF A DWELLINGHOUSE
These
regulations came into force on the 1st October 2008. You will need
to satisfy all of the following when considering any development within your
residential property.
Permitted development
A. The enlargement, improvement or other
alteration of a dwellinghouse.
Development not permitted
A.1 Development is not permitted by Class A
if—
(a) as a result of
the works, the total area of ground covered by buildings within the curtilage
of the dwellinghouse (other than the original
dwellinghouse) would exceed 50% of the total area of the curtilage
(excluding the ground area of the original dwellinghouse);
(b) the height of
the part of the dwellinghouse enlarged, improved or altered would exceed the
height of the highest part of the roof of the existing dwellinghouse;
(c) the height of
the eaves of the part of the dwellinghouse enlarged, improved or altered would
exceed the height of the eaves of the existing dwellinghouse;
(d) the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would extend beyond a wall
which—
(i) fronts a highway, and
(ii) forms either the principal
elevation or a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse;
(e) the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would have a single storey
and—
(i) extend beyond
the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse by:
- more than 4 metres in the case of a detached dwellinghouse, or
- 3 metres in the case of any other dwellinghouse, or
(ii) exceed 4 metres in height;
(f) the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would have more than one
storey and—
(i) extend beyond the rear wall of the original
dwellinghouse by more than 3 metres, or
(ii) be within 7 metres of any boundary
of the curtilage of the dwellinghouse opposite the rear wall of the dwellinghouse;
(g) the enlarged
part of the dwellinghouse would be within 2 metres of the boundary of the
curtilage of the dwellinghouse, and the height of the eaves of the enlarged
part would exceed 3 metres;
(h) the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would extend beyond a wall
forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse, and would—
(i) exceed 4 metres in height,
(ii) have more than one storey, or
(ii) have a width greater than half the
width of the original dwellinghouse; or
(i) it would consist of or include—
(i) the construction or provision of a veranda,
balcony or raised platform,
(ii) the installation, alteration or
replacement of a microwave antenna,
(iii) the installation, alteration or
replacement of a chimney, flue or soil and vent pipe, or
(iv) an alteration to any part of the
roof of the dwellinghouse.
A.2 In the
case of a dwellinghouse on article 1(5) land,
development is not permitted by Class A if—
(a) it would
consist of or include the cladding of any part of the exterior of the
dwellinghouse with stone, artificial stone, pebble dash, render, timber,
plastic or tiles;
(b) the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would extend beyond a wall
forming a side elevation of the original dwellinghouse; or
(c) the enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would have more than one
storey and extend beyond the rear wall of the original dwellinghouse.
Conditions
A.3 Development
is permitted by Class A subject to the following conditions—
(a) the materials
used in any exterior work (other than materials used in the construction of a
conservatory) shall be of a similar appearance to those used in the
construction of the exterior of the existing dwellinghouse;
(b) any upper-floor window located in a wall or roof slope forming a
side elevation of the dwellinghouse shall be—
(i) obscure-glazed, and
(ii) non-opening unless the parts of
the window which can be opened are more than 1.7 metres above the floor of the
room in which the window is installed: and
(c) where the
enlarged part of the dwellinghouse has more than one storey, the roof pitch of
the enlarged part shall, so far as practicable, be the same as the roof pitch
of the original dwellinghouse.