Appeal allowed for additional storey creating six new flats under permitted development

The government has introduced new permitted development rights to make it easier to add extra floors to certain commercial buildings and blocks of flats. These rights were intended to boost housing supply, particularly in built-up urban areas. As we have written before, councils are often cautious about these rights. Upward extensions are sensitive by their […]

Havering planning appeal – two-storey extension to a bungalow

The site and background This case concerned a detached bungalow on Moor Lane in Upminster, positioned on the corner with Limerick Gardens. The proposal involved the addition of a new first floor to the existing bungalow, together with a part single, part two-storey rear extension. The works would convert the property from a bungalow into […]