Hello, grateful for a view on this issue:
We have a mid-terrace house and have built a side return extension in line with PD Part A. We're not in a conservation area and there are no restrictions affecting PD.
When we did the side return work we needed to rebuild what had been a sort of 'lean to' at the very rear - approximately 1m in depth. This 'lean to' is from when the house was built (pre-1948) so considered that it formed part of the 'original dwellinghouse'. We did not extend beyond the original footprint at the rear, only extended to the side. The extension to the side is much less than 1/2 the width of the property.
What the Council appear to be saying is that because that rear part was re-built, the side return extension therefore becomes a wraparound and fails one of the conditions for Part A in that the extension "(iii) have a width greater than half the width of the original dwellinghouse".
Having re-read the PD guidance I don't see this being a constraint anywhere so I'm struggling to follow this - does this constraint make sense?
Many thanks in advance
