Planning permission is in. PLEASE HELP.
Ula Smith
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We finally got planning! Now to tweak the layout - help please!
Comments (4)Hello! Firstly, many congratulations on your approved planning, we know too well how long the process can take for most of our clients, but now you can enjoy the design process a little more! In our experience, most houses that we re-design either convert their garage to an internal living space or use part of it. As Suzanne commented previously, this is something to consider to allow more space for your kitchen. I can assume this part of the house is where you will do most of your entertaining and 'living'? It's such an important space to open up, face the garden and allow all the light in! As for the stairs, if there was a possibility of shifting them to the right that would work out quite well...remember they have to move on all floors and it may have a knock-on effect with the top floor due to roof eaves etc. Something to look into though! We always say there are two spaces that add value to a house and that is 1. Kitchen and 2. The master bedroom suite. I would lose a bedroom and create a wonderful master with walk in dressing room and ensuite. We always say 'you're the one's paying for this, so you should have the best room!'. At Falchi interiors we have such a creative flair for space planning, if you would like to know a little more about our services, please feel free to get in contact. All the Best, Marion Falchi...See MoreKitchen plan for better garden flow? Help please!
Comments (13)Keiblum's suggestion saves an extension and could be built on. if the play space is no longer needed then that means the room uses can return to living, kitchen and dining. my thoughts run to keeping the doors to the patio bbq area, run the kitchen down that wall (and honestly I don't know how long or how many cabinets that could be), use your Ikea island and see if any you could make use of the under stair area for utility area (something like a European laundry) or maybe the fridge ? The fridge might be better in the cabinet run though. Add another set of doors where the kitchen sink once overlooked the garden and use this area as your dining. You might even find yiu have space for more informal seating. In doing this you will be able to connect your bbq area to the kitchen and find yourself using this area as an outdoor dining room, giving rise to possibilities of further development of this space to use rather than it be a walk through. Another thought is if the layout was swapped as described you might be able to explore gaining more outlook by adding a full length window into the wall between the two sets of doors, or even removing the wall completely and glazing it to become full glass right across the rear wall, but without changing the footprint? Putting in another set of french doors might be the more reasonable option if the kitchen is swapped, but Kieblem's suggestion makes great use of the available materials ....See MorePlanning permission
Comments (4)Planning Policies rather frequently concern themselves with "the look of the streetscape" and focus rather strongly on the "Outside" - what materials extensions are built in, window types / sizes / placement, style and shape of roofs and so on. Speaking pointedly, out of sight out of mind, what one can't see from the street concerns the planners little. In any case, most planning departments offer a "free consultation", a chat with a planning officer on the phone for half an hour about planning / the plans you're hoping to submit. Check with your local planning department whether they offer this service. You can ask them open questions, "what level of detail do we need to provide in the application for materials, finishes, windows, doors, sizing, ...", "what do our local planning policies suggest we should do for external finishes", "how can we obscure views from large upper-storey windows so that we're not overlooked / we're not overlooking", or "what kind of changes, should site conditions require it, can we make after without invalidating the planning permit once given". It's usually better to ask thus openly than to "request" (I.e. don't tell them "on our listed building we intend to use bright flourescent pink window frames on a huge 3m x 4m glazed wall for the front dormer with protruding balcony that you're hopefully going to approve ... is that ok ?", if you know what I mean)....See MorePlanning permission query
Comments (3)Hi, It depends on whether the works fall under Permitted Development (PD). If they do then you can in theory have a max height of 4m to a parapet and 3m to the eaves (flat roof level essentially). See page 17 and then page 12 on the linked doc below). These dimensions are from the natural ground level, not the finished floor level. Note, there maybe be Rights to Light issues with a 3/4m high wall on the boundary that sits outside of planning. However, if you have submitted a Householder planning application the PD rules do not apply and the LPA can stipulate what they feel is appropriate in terms of impact on neighbours and other issues such as design. This is perhaps where the 2.5m height restriction has come from. It is not terribly unusual. You should be able to get 2m internal headroom. We often back the full-height kitchen cabinets up against these walls to hide the lower appearance along this edge. Then by the time the roof slope travels over the 600mm kitchen unit depth the height of the ceiling is around 2260mm which does not look too low.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/830643/190910_Tech_Guide_for_publishing.pdf Please let me know if I can be of further help, Carl...See More
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