Certificate of lawfulness

Hello Andy,

A Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use of land for sitting of one static caravan means it is permitting the living in a static caravan on the site as a dwelling, having said that you would require 4 years evidence under established usage as proof. Although without the exact location of the site and the static caravan I cannot give the most accurate information. If you have any other questions please contact me on alext@drawingandplanning.com.

Kind Regards,

Alex T

Hi there
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I have applied for permitted development for a 3m rear extension, part double height and part single height.  The single height part of our application is because it will be within 2 metres of the boundary with our neighbours (max height of building allowed 3 metres).  We were initially refused permitted development because apparently the application is considered as a whole in other words as the highest point of the application (the double height part of the application).   Therefore contravening the height maximum height of 3 metres within 2 metres of our neighbours.  

We subsequently reapplied only with the double height part of the extension which has been granted a certificate of lawfulness.  We now would like to apply for the single part of the extension but have been told there has to be a small gap between the two rear extensions and they can’t be joined?  I have scanned all the technical guidance and can’t find information on this anywhere.  Would anyone be able to point me in the right direction please?  Many thanks in advance!

Hi,
I’m hoping someone out there has some useful advice for me?!
I’ve recently bought a lovely house that has an annexe that was being used as a granny-flat- one bedroomed place…the plan is to convert it into a small physiotherapy clinic that I can work out from…I took some advice from the council and looked on the planning portal and in the end I applied for a certificate of lawful use…unfortunately I heard today that it’s been rejected as they are concerned that as the business grows it will impact on the traffic etc…though the house is on a very busy road with a very big ASDA Walmart next door so I don’t agree that a one-man band like me will affect the traffic….anyhow…I don’t know what my next step should be- they suggest a full planning application- but will it go through? How can I make sure it will go through? are there any professions that specifically advise on planning applications? Any help/ advise would be gratefully received….
Thank-you….Jo