Comparable Size

[MDC]

Can anyone demonstrate what the phrase "comparable size" means in planning law, please?

 

Can a replacement dwelling be comparable to:

 

The existing dwelling

 

The existing dwelling plus permitted development rights

 

Other dwellings in the vicinity

 

Something else I've not thought of?

 

 

 

 

[DevilDamo]

All of the above and depends what mood the Planning Officer is in. Does your LPA have their own policies and guidance which relates to and states the relationship? There may also be similar guidance within the NPPF.

[Big Jimbo]

I used the footprint of my existing house, and my permitted devl rights, to show what size footprint i could create. Because i am in greenbelt the planning officer used this as special circumstances to pass my proposal.

[Temp]

Very dependent on the local planners. They tend to look at the elevations so "filling in" the corner of an L shape house might be less objectionable that making one arm of the L longer because the overall size of each elevation hasn't changed.

 

There is also a hard to pin down "thing" that makes some proposals just look massive compared to other houses of a similar size. Things like the proportion of windows to walls.

 

Planners like extension to be subservient to the main house like this (eg slightly smaller in height and depth). I know you aren't doing an extension but its details like this that can help make a large place look smaller and more in keeping with the houses around it.

 

 

 

There is a massive new house a few miles from us where the architect took this principle to extreme. The house consists of about 5 or 6 blocks each one subservient to the main house. I haven't been passed it in awhile but as I recall one is a room over an archway and that links to rooms above a large garage. 

 

[MDC]

On 27/02/2023 at 15:13, Temp said:

Very dependent on the local planners. They tend to look at the elevations so "filling in" the corner of an L shape house might be less objectionable that making one arm of the L longer because the overall size of each elevation hasn't changed.

 

There is also a hard to pin down "thing" that makes some proposals just look massive compared to other houses of a similar size. Things like the proportion of windows to walls.

 

Planners like extension to be subservient to the main house like this (eg slightly smaller in height and depth). I know you aren't doing an extension but its details like this that can help make a large place look smaller and more in keeping with the houses around it.

 

 

 

There is a massive new house a few miles from us where the architect took this principle to extreme. The house consists of about 5 or 6 blocks each one subservient to the main house. I haven't been passed it in awhile but as I recall one is a room over an archway and that links to rooms above a large garage. 

 

Nice tip, thank you!