Roof Terrace Planning lean to conservatory in london SW7 kensington

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Roof TerraceDo I need planning permission for a lean to 125 cm x 244 cm on a small roof terrace which is 3.5 x 4 metres. It is a grade 2 listed building in south kensigton london sw7

can i install a portable solar panel for latop and phone charging. I only own the terrace and I donot have flat in the building.

More details on the roof at www.kensington.me.uk

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From a purely commercial point of view, I'd try to shop it to any of the other leaseholders in the block. If they're not all bedsits, there's quite probably interest ... I don't know how you got hold of a property of this kind. But it's a block of flats - and therefore, in all likelihood, leasehold. Which means planning permission alone doesn't buy you anything. You need freeholder approval as well, and that, given you're turning "airspace" into living space, affects the terms of your lease and is quite probably chargeable (the freeholder has to grant a new lease), not just solicitor costs but a downpayment to the freeholder (as a "new flat" is created). You're also likely ending up as (paying) contributor to the building's property management. Then, you need party wall consent; at the very least, the owner of the flat below, but possibly also others aside (because of, say, overshadowing and noise, or structural implications). It can be a maze to navigate this even for a "nornal" extension to a leasehold flat. Don't count on "knowing the other owners" either; it's fascinating to watch what "a little envy" can do. So "commercial" advice, flog it to someone in the building - you'll save yourself so much hassle. "secondary commercial" advice, at least get _all_ the consent paperwork (neighbours, freeholder) in writing before you apply for planning. And "ternary" commercial advice, again before you file the planning application, speak to Kensington's planning advice service, https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-applications/planning-advice-service about the proposal. Given the value of "housing" of any kind in the borough, they may even be inclined, but if you surprise them with a "Daily Mail headline proposal", your idea will be seen a lot less favourable. I suspect you'll have to put a lot of work in to "pull this off" (it is, as other's said, a "snowball in hell" type proposal). Good luck, you'll need it.
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Roof Terrace Planning lean to conservatory in london SW7 kensington

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