Planning Statement for Hip to Gable Loft Conversion Under Permitted
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Planning statement for Hip to gable loft conversion under permitted development, including rear dormer and two skylights to front roofslope. 16 Tytherton Road London N19 3QD This document sets out the proposed development of 16 Tytherton Road, N19, which entails the construction of a hip to gable loft conversion including a rear roof dormer. The works are to an existing Victorian semi-detached property in the London Borough of Islington; this property is not within a conservation area. Roof extension We have detailed, below, the relevant clauses of the GPDO 2015 (Part 1: development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse, Class B - The enlargement of a dwellinghouse consisting of an addition or alteration to its roof), to show that the proposed development is permitted: Part 1 Class B.1: (a) The property is a Dwellinghouse (use class C3) (b) The proposed dormer sits below the ridge line of the existing roof, and so no part of the dwelling house would, as a result of the works, exceed the height of the highest part of the existing roof (c) The cubic content of the resulting roof space would not exceed the cubic content of the original roof space by more than 50 cubic metres (allowance for a semi-detached property) (increase in volume c. 30.7 cubic metres) (d) There are no proposed verandah’s, balconies or raised platforms, nor installation alteration or replacements to chimneys etc. (e) The property is not in a conservation area or other article 2(3) land Conditions B.2: (a) The materials proposed for the exterior will match those on the existing dwelling house (b) (i aa) The original roof eaves are to be maintained, and; (i bb) the base of the dormer will sit at least 200mm from the eaves of the main roof. (ii) No part of the roof extension will extend beyond the outside face of any external wall of the original dwellinghouse. (c) No windows are proposed to a side elevation Given the above, the proposed works conform to the conditions set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, we therefore believe that the proposals are permitted. Supporting Documents: Please see accompanying drawings for full details of the scheme. Projection Architects 7, 30 Gloucester Crescent, London, NW1 7DL [email protected] Tel. 02078 134592 / 07745 513884 .