New garage in front of existing property?

[flanagaj]

Is it true that getting planning for a garage that will sit in front of the main house will be problematic?  The bungalow is shown below and there is plenty of room to the left of the house to put a garage in angled at 90 degrees to the main property.  This would then enable the single garage attached to the property to be used for other accommodation purposes?

 

[joe90]

Yes lots of planners don’t like buildings past the front elevation of existing houses, but they do exist, even on new builds. Best to ask (as long as you’re not in a hurry). If you don’t ask you won’t know. Has anyone else done it nearby and set a precedent?

[ToughButterCup]

1 hour ago, flanagaj said:

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This would then enable the single garage attached to the property to be used for other accommodation purposes?

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Here be dragons.

The end-use of a building is as important as the building itself.  If what you appear to be suggesting  is automatic '... then enable...' far fewer garages would contain cars and nameless bric-a-brac.  Yes, through Permitted Development and further planning applications the garage might eventually become a small flat (say) . But permission to do so isn't automatic.

[Temp]

The front elevation thing is most problematic when you have rows of similar houses all set back the same. If there is more of a mixture of orientation and some trees to screen then it might be easier. Although they still worry about setting a precident.

[ProDave]

It looks like an individual property, and of the whole street is individual properties at different distances from the road, you might be allowed.

 

I had a similar one in a previous property where I wanted the garage in front of the building line on both sides (corner plot) and it was rejected, but I won at appeal where the appeal inspector said being closer to the road tied it in with other houses that fronted straight onto the road.

[flanagaj]

Looking at street view would seem to suggest that most of the properties are indeed set back from the road.