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Thanks DevilDamo. It’s on designated land and the angle of the garage to the house means that in part, it’s on the side of the house. Interestingly if it look at the ordnance survey maps, it shows as not being to the side, but google maps shows it is. If it doesn’t meet the requirements in the link that you’ve sent, how do I prove that it’s been compete for four years? On Google Earth, you can look at historical map images which show that it was there in 1999. I could also ask the existing house owner to swear to it’s existence. And I could ask a surveyor to roughly age the building. Would those three pieces or evidence suffice? Many thanks

Hi, hoping for some guidance on a garage please. I’m looking for some guidance on a LDC for a garage. Its a detached garage in an AONB and Green Belt. It’s also huge! About 950 square feet and I’d say a metre or two from the property boundary. The plot is quite big so whilst a it’s a large structure it doesn’t look overly dominant. If there is no planning permission for it, I’m assuming that I could get LDC for it, it’s easily 20 years old? The question though, partly given that it’s in green belt land, is whether (after getting a LDC), I could be prevented from making reasonable alterations (like a new roof), on the basis that permission wasn’t for its original construction? I think that green belt policy would have prevented its construction due to its scale. Would a LDC protect me from green belt policy too? many thanks.

Hi, looking for a bit of guidance if possible. I’m looking at a house that’s had the loft converted. The conversion looks over 10 years old minimum. The house is in designated land (AONB) and Green Belt. As far as I know, if you wanted a conversion in designated land today, you’d need PP. If there is no PP in place then am I right in thinking that I could get a LDC since the work is over 4 years old? In terms of building regs, the stairwell walks up into a restricted head-height area, no way it would get signed off today. Again, I’m assuming there would be no enforcement since it’s over 2 years old. HOWEVER, if I wanted to move the stairwell to make it more convenient to enter the loft, would I open myself up to more than just the building regs for the stairwell? Would building control want to examine the whole loft conversion? many thanks.