Permitted Development
Self Assessment Form
Statutory Instrument: 1459 (Updated February 2021)
If you live in a flat, maisonette or mobile home or wish to develop a commercial property, please email our enquiry
service as this form will not apply to you.
DO I
NEED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR MY PORCH, DRIVEWAY, CHIMNEY, FLUE OR SOIL VENT
PIPE?
If
you answer YES to any question you WILL Require Planning Permission.
Please apply online, relevant application forms are available to download here where you can also make an online application
through the Planning Portal.
This form is a self-certification that you can fill in to help you find out whether you need planning permission for your porch /
driveway / chimney / flue / soil vent pipe.
Explanatory Notes:
Below are a series of questions designed to assist you in assessing whether planning permission is required for a porch, driveway, chimney, flue
or soil vent pipe. If you are able to answer “NO” to ALL of the following questions (while also complying with conditions class F where you are
proposing to build a driveway), then your proposal will be considered to be “permitted development". The only exception to this is if the
permitted development rights have been removed, or your property is listed or in an ‘Article 4’ area, in which case you will most likely require
planning permission. You should check the planning history of the property address before completing the form using our Public Access
, our guide
to ‘Viewing Historical Planning Application Documents’ and addresses covered by an article 4 direction. You can also check whether your
property is a listed building or in a conservation area.
If your property is a listed building, check here, then Listed Building Consent is also likely to be required and you can contact us here
to check whether a proposal of this nature would be acceptable.
A
separate permission under Building Regulations may be required and you should obtain the appropriate consent before carrying out
the work. Please call Building Control ph: 01424 787680 for further information.
Im
portant: Only if you have answered NO to ALL the questions below and wish your assessment to be checked by the Planning Authority,
please email
us a copy of this completed form along with supporting information detailed at the end of this form. A fee is payable for this service
details of which can be found here. Fees are payable in advance. We can contact you to take a debit or credit card payment over the telephone.
We will then write to you providing an informal opinion as to whether planning permission is required. The Council’s informal opinion is not a
legal determination. An application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development will legally confirm your permission. Forms can be found
here, validation check list can be found here and fees here.
A
guide to permitted development which provides useful definitions and explanations, such as how to measure eaves height, can be found on the
government’s website Permitted development rights for householders
.
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) Sch2 Part1
Class D – Porches
“The erection or construction of a porch outside any external door of a dwellinghouse.”
To det
ermine whether permission is required for your proposal please answer the following:-
More than 3m above ground level
Within 2m of any boundary with the highway?
Houses created since April 2015 through permitted development rights to change use from shops,
financial and professional services premises (e.g. estate agents) or agricultural buildings cannot use
householder permitted development rights to improve, alter or extend homes: planning permission is
required. If you do not know what the use of your property was prior to April 2015 you are advised to
check the planning history
of your property.
Was the use of your property as a house granted through permitted development rights?
Was the house, that you are proposing to extend, built under permitted development (part
20, schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)
(England) Order 2015 (as amended) which allows the construction of houses)?
Create a floor area in excess of 3 square metres (measuring the porch externally)?
If you have answered “Yes” to any of questions 1 or 2 or 3 or 4
Then your proposal is to be treated as an extension to your dwellinghouse and you should consult
the (Do I Need Planning Permission For my House Extension?) Self Assessment Form
YES NO
