> > The best thing to do is to write to the Planning Dept with the details
> > & sizes of your proposed conservatory and ask them to confirm that it
> > doesn't need permission. Same thing applies to the Building
> > Regulations, but write seperately. It's fatal to assume that both
> > departments talk to each other.
>
> Especially if you are in one of the National Parks or other similar areas
> where planning and conservation is the National Park authority but building
> control is with the local council.
>
Our builders would not start the conservatory until they had seen the letter from the Council Planning Department confirming that planning persmission was not required.