Extension Design

[NoPaddle]

We are planning an extension to our house and I am looking for advice and guidance. It is a work in progress, but this is how it looks now.

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2024 by NoPaddle
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[Redbeard]

Welcome. What are we looking at? Just the single-storey side bit, or is the front 'projection' part of the proposed ext'n?

[NoPaddle]

The image below shows the property as it is now. We are planning a rear two-story extension; and detached workshop, office and studio.

 

[NoPaddle]

The design is getting there now, and I be grateful for some advice about what is covered under permitted development rights.

 

You can see from the image below that the plan is for a rear two-story extension that squares-off the original single-story portion. There is also a small porch that take the total extension to just under 4m from the original two-storey part of the house, but that is only 1.1m from the rearmost wall of the original house.

 

 

 

A few questions:

1. As shown, is this covered under permitted development rights? We are well within the curtilage and distance to boundary requirements, but a page on Planning Geek made me concerned that the presence of the original single story part of the house means my proposal is actually a side extension. Does anyone of any experience that helps here?

2. Where is the rear of the house measured from? If it is measured the two story elevation, than the porch cannot be extended much further than shown, but if it is the back of the original single story part of the house, I could in theory extend the porch almost 3m more (I would only actually want to increase the depth of the porch by maybe 1m.

3. The original house is brick and pebble dash. If the extension is brick but with wood cladding that is a similar colour to the existing pebble dash, does that meet the requirements for "similar appearance"?