Works for side extension investigated by Conveyancing Solicitor in Manchester

Conveyancing in Manchester for a residence on Sunningdale Avenue, Sale, Manchester, M33 was handled by Solicitor Joanne Yamat on behalf of buyers Mr. and Mrs. B.

Standard searches for Conveyancing in Manchester were carried out via Trafford Borough Council at Talbot Road, Manchester, M32 0TH. The planning history of the local search results revealed that the vendors had carried out works for the erection of a two storey side extension to the dwelling to create additional living space.

With the ever increasing cost of moving homes, extensions and loft conversions are not uncommon and are a great way to enlarge your home perhaps by creating a bedroom, dining room, bathroom or perhaps even enlarging the kitchen. It is important, however, to ensure that the appropriate consent is sought from the planning department of your local council when carrying out works as the planning authority could order that unauthorised works be reversed.

Common guidelines for these types of works include the following:

• You can extend a dwelling by 4m to the rear if it’s single storey or 3m if it’s double.
• There are height restrictions but they boil down to a single storey not being higher than 4m in height to the ridge and the eaves, and ridge heights of any extension not being higher than the existing property.
• Two storey alterations must not be closer than 7m to the rear boundary.
• It must be built in the same or similar material to the existing dwelling.
• Construction must not go forward of the building line of the original dwelling.
• Side extensions must be single storey, maximum height of 4m and a width no more than half of the original building.
• In ‘designated areas’ side developments require planning permission and all rear developments must be single storey.
• The works must not result in more than half the garden being covered.

Conveyancing in Manchester on behalf of the vendors was dealt with by Nicholls Henstock & Stevenson Limited, located at 671 Manchester Road, Manchester, M34 2NA.

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