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Householder developments are defined as those within the curtilage of a house (or a single flat) which require an application for planning permission and are not a change of use.
Included in householder developments are extensions, conservatories, loft conversions, dormer windows, alterations, garages, car ports or outbuildings, swimming pools, walls, fences, domestic vehicular accesses including footway crossovers, porches, balconies/terraces and satellite dishes.
Excluded from householder developments are applications relating to any work to two or more flats, applications to change the number of dwellings (flat conversions, building a separate house in the garden), changes of use to part or all of the property to non-residential (including business) uses, anything outside the garden of the property (including stables if in a separate paddock).
Do I need Planning Permission?
You can make certain types of minor changes to your home without needing to apply for planning permission. These are called permitted development. Other works or alterations need planning permission.
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(Amendment)(No.2)(England) Order 2008 is the legislation that governs the types of development a homeowner can carry out without planning permission.
The Planning Portal website provides interactive Visual Guides for Householders with information on common householder projects that reflect the new changes. Information is presented via an Interactive House and an Interactive Terrace. In addition there are Mini Guides - visual walkthroughs of popular householder building projects including: Extensions, Loft Conversions, Outbuildings and Porches, and Conservatories.
The Portal also provides planning and building regulations guidance for many common building work projects for the home.
Permitted Development - Self Assessment forms
The Council's planning team does not provide informal advice on the need for planning permission for alterations to dwellings. If you are uncertain as to whether your proposals are permitted development you may complete one of the Self Assessment forms below.
For a formal opinion from the Council as to whether you need planning permission you will need to submit an application for a Certificate of Lawful Development.
Form 1 - Extensions and alterations to dwellings
Form 2 - Roof alterations to a dwelling
Form 3 - Outbuildings - detached buildings within the curtilage of a dwelling (including pools, enclosures and fuel containers)
Form 4 - Porches - erection or construction of a porch outside any external door of a dwelling.
Form 5 - Hardstandings - Provision of or replacement of hard surfacing within the curtilage of a dwelling.
Guidance on the permeable surfacing of front gardens
Dwellings that are Listed Buildings
If your property is a Listed Building you will require Listed Building Consent for any extensions or alterations (including roof alterations and porches), regardless of whether planning permission is required. All applications for Listed Building Consent require the submission of a Design and Access Statement and a Statement of Significance(for further information please see the planning FAQ section).
Listed Building Consent is not required for any outbuildings provided that they are not physically attached to a property or structure which has listed or curtilage listed status.
I need to submit a Planning Application
Informal Advice - Download a Pre-Application Planning Advice (Householder) Form. Complete the appropriate form and return it to us for advice to help you make your planning application.
Advice given will include: site history summary, site constraints including permitted development restrictions, relevant policies, reference documents, information required to enable you to submit a valid formal application and likely consultees. The advice will not include advice on design or likely impact – you are expected to use a professional agent and/or use the “Extending Your Home" guidance to make this assessment.
If you know that you do not need planning permission but you do need Listed Building Consent, please complete the Pre-Application Planning Advice (Listed Building) form.
Please note that:
- Potential purchasers of dwellings will need to go through the same pre-application process as all other potential developers. Your requests for advice cannot be prioritized over other work.
- Planning and conservation officers cannot give detailed advice over the phone. The planning phone duty officer service is for general planning advice only, not for site specific advice.
Planning Advice for Homeowners
Extending Your Home
The Council has adopted this advice document, showing how you can extend your home, or carry out other development to your property, without harming the appearance of the area, your neighbour's enjoyment of their own property or other important planning issues.
Please note that under Section 2. General information on page 1 of the document, there is reference to a 'Householder Development Enquiry Form'. This form is no longer available and has been replaced by the self assessment forms above.
Climate Change and Your Home
An interactive web portal by English Heritage, designed specifically to help those who own or manage houses built of traditional construction understand more about the potential impacts of climate change and ways to save energy.
Historic Buildings - Energy Advice
Advice to owners of listed buildings or other older buildings on how to reduce carbon emissions/improve energy efficiency whilst still protecting the character of the buildings.
Sustainable Low-carbon Buildings
The Council has adopted this Supplementary Planning Document, which provides guidance on the implementation of policies to promote sustainable drainage, energy conservation and renewable energy. The requirements apply to all applications for planning permission, including householder applications. You are advised to refer to these new requirements before submitting your application.
Simplified Energy Statement form
For householder developments, giving information on proposed sustainable drainage and energy efficiency measures as required by the Sustainable Low-carbon Buildings SPD. You can complete this form to meet the requirements for an Energy Statement to accompany a householder planning application.
Other Planning Advice
If your property lies within the West Midlands Green Belt, additional restrictions may apply in assessing your proposals. You should seek the advice of a professional planning agent or make a request for pre-application advice from the Council's planning team.
Planning permission is required for change of use of agricultural land, paddocks or orchards, whether currently in use or vacant, to residential garden land.
You do not normally need to make an application to form a new access, or to improve an existing access, unless the access would be onto a classified road (an A, B or C class road). The County Council can advise whether the road is classified. There are also some cases where the 'permitted development rights' to form accesses without making an application have been withdrawn by a condition on a previous planning permission (a pre-application advice request would provide this information for you). A planning application will normally be required if any new access drive will cross land which is in another use, e.g. a residential driveway across agricultural land. A planning application is also likely to be required if significant alterations in ground levels are required in order to construct the access. You must obtain the separate approval of the Warwickshire County Council Highways Department if a new driveway would cross a pavement or road verge.
All householder applications for sites in a Conservation Area, Site of Special Scientific Interest or within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) will need Design and Access Statements.
For further information please contact us on 01789 260304 or by email at planning.applications@stratford-dc.gov.uk or by fax on 01789 260306.
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