DevilDamo

It sounds like the OP is referring to a ground/geotechnical investigation of which a structural engineer cannot do.

It is more relatable to new build/converted dwellings. They will stress the approval relates to the required space standards.

If you seek Planning for a 1-bed dwelling, it’ll never be sold as a 2-bed even if you split the internals later.

Providing it is designed and meets the Local Planning Authority’s policies, then it will be approved.

You can download a free trial from Autodesk for 15 days. Alternatively, SketchUp should do what you need.

https://www.nhbc.co.uk/binaries/content/assets/nhbc/tech-guidance/glazing-guarding-and-restrictors-in-dwellings.pdf

Rights of access over this road may be more of an issue. Who owns the road?

Since when?

You cannot compare pre-app with outline/full application fees as the latter will end requiring a lot more information.

Do all upper floor habitable rooms have an external window or door that meets the escape window requirements?

You would have carried out unauthorised works. What the LPA would do is down to them.

Just because others may not have secured Planning, doesn’t mean they were exempt from doing so. Planning could be refused on highway safety grounds.

What about the rest of the Approved Documents?

1. You would need to submit a Variation of Condition application and explain what is being varied and why. 2. That specific condition is just a statement. Prior to commencement/demolition/development are usually conditions that require information to be submitted for approval.

Over what?

Technically, your Planning approval is invalid and you should liaise with the LPA in order to find the best way forward.

Correct. You cannot apply for PD alterations without PD being available, which is upon substantial completion of the build.

PD along with PA applications can only be implemented upon substantial completion of the dwelling and is usually Building Regulation sign off.

or her.

A PA application needs to be submitted “before” works start. It’s the LDC application that can be submitted after.

PA applications have to be submitted prior to a LDC application. PA has to be submitted prior to works starting. The LDC can be applied before, during or after the works.

Absolutely. A lot of people don’t realise that the PA process is not confirmation that the proposals meet all the Class A requirements. I just think about the time they come to sell and it’s flagged up then. A PA application should in my opinion always be followed by a LDC application. Some LPA’s are checking all the requirements as part of the PA process, but not all.

The reduced depth “could” come up in the future should you come to sell. Not so much that having a smaller extension would be refused but more so the paperwork aligns with what has been built. A CoL is a Certificate of Lawfulness. What you had submitted to accompany the PA application was fine. I just don’t know how from a location and block plan that the LPA can check it meets all the Class A requirements. A block plan would normally indicate the external walls.

@Big Jimbo The form asks for a measurement in metres. Did you just write "up to 8m" in that box? I still think the PA process is ridiculous as a lot of applications I have seen would not meet Class A. Only some LPA's are checking all the Class A requirements with PA applications.