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DO I NEED PLANNING

PERMISSION FOR MY PROJECT?

WHAT IS PLANNING PERMISSION? PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT: Even when circumstances may be compliant
with the above, there are exemptions from
Planning permission is a form of consent given Where planning permission may not be required.
permitted development and these include:
by local authorities for the erection, alteration
In certain circumstances, an S-Pod can be situated
• There is no permitted development if the house
or redevelopment of a particular plot of land
on land without the need for obtaining planning
is within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
or building. It is always recommended that you
permission under The Town and Country Planning
(AONB), a National Park, a flat/maisonette building
consult with your local planning department before
(General Permitted Development) Order 1995,
or a Listed Building.
siting an S-Pod on your land.
provided that there has been no ‘material change
• The development must be to the rear or side of
of use’ to the land.
the property. It cannot be in front of the property.
WHAT IS AN S-POD? Some examples of where permission may not
• The overall height of a dual pitched roof structure
be needed are:
For the purposes of planning permission, models
must not be more than 4 metres. The eave height
• When the S-Pod is sited within the curtilage
in the S-Pod range are classified as caravans.
of a dwelling must be no more than 2.5mtrs. If it is greater than
Under section 29 of the Caravan Sites and Control this, the development must be at least 2 metres
An S-Pod may be stationed within the curtilage
Development Act 1960, a caravan is any structure away from the garden boundary.
(this term accounts for the garden, but NOT
built for human habitation which can be moved
an adjoining piece of land such as farmland, a • The footprint cannot be greater than 50% of your
from one place to another. It must not measure
paddock or a wood) of a dwelling provided that original garden space.
more than 20m in length, 6.8m in width and 3.05m
it is being used as an annexe to the primary
• The development must be single storey and
in height (measured internally from the floor to the
dwelling (for example, as a home office, or extra
must not extend beyond the rear of the existing
ceiling at the lowest to the highest point).
bedroom accommodation) by family or friends.
external wall by more than 4 metres, if a detached
Access must be via an existing road or path
house, or 3 metres for any other type of dwelling.
DOES AN S-POD NEED PLANNING PERMISSION? which cannot be obstructed by the S-Pod. It
• The height cannot exceed the highest part of the
must not obstruct the view for drivers using any
If your S-Pod is for commercial use, you will need original dwelling.
adjacent roads.
to obtain planning permission. Go to the section
• The development cannot be used as a
on ‘What happens if my S-Pod requires planning • As accommodation for building or
self-contained living accommodation.
engineering purposes
permission?’ (see next page)
• The development cannot be used as a way to
An S-Pod can be used to accommodate people
If your S-Pod is for private use, then you may not
taking part in authorised building works on the generate income.
need planning permission depending on your
same piece of land, but it must be removed once
circumstances.
building works are finished.