Planning Permission For Conservatories and Sunrooms

You will note from our planning section that you do not require planning permission for a conservatory or sunroom if it is to the rear of the development, you have not already added to the house which together with the conservatory would increase the original footprint of your home by 40sqm and you are not planning on having glass within 1M of the boundary fence/wall. While the planning process is seen as a two month process beware you really need to allow a minimum of 4 months. Why is this? Firstly you will need to get the drawings completed, the application prepared and the newspaper notice placed, so allow two weeks for this process. The planning process itself will take 2 months, then you have to wait for a month for objections. Assuming that there are no objections upheld you then have to wait for your “decision to grant” notice to be posted out, when this is received you then have to lodge a commencement notice giving at least 14 days notice before the work can start. When you add it up it’s a minimum of 4 months. This is important at this time of the year for those planning to eat their christmas dinner in their conservatory, we really need to be getting the process moving now to ensure everything is place to complete the work in time for the festivities. Conservatory Designs offer a complete planning service, we look after all the paperwork, drawings and form filling for you. For further information please give the office a call on 045 844002