Planning Permission for Driveways

[TheScullster]

Hi all

Does anyone have a link for the planning-permission-for-driveways fiasco please? I currently have a planning application in for fence construction. The fence version submitted is a re-hash so I am running out of time for submitting further amendments within a year of original (to avoid payment of complete new submission at £100+). Is the driveway something I can tag on to the existing application, or are the details of planning requirement not finalised yet? My drive works will be a straight replacement for existing damaged/poorly laid pavers so the area will not change - need to know if this makes a difference to likelihood of drive scheme being passed.

TIA

Phil

[Broadback]

It has to go to the highways people who check the safety angle, also the tree preservation officials. My application was encouraged by the highways as it made it much safer (which was the idea), however it was rejected because the tree bods thought that it "may" damage the roots of trees with a preservation order on them. Trees before people it seems!

[Hugo Nebula]

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:35:16 +0100, a particular chimpanzee, "TheScullster" randomly hit the keyboard and produced:

Looking on the Planning Portal website, driveways and patios don't need permission. I presume you're referring to an item I caught the tail end of on the BBC's Breakfast a few days ago; something about complaints that too much hard paving causes water run-off rather than being attenuated by the ground. I didn't hear whether there was talk of bringing driveways into the realm of Planning.

All I would say is that these things are very rarely retrospective, so if you built or even commenced your driveway before any change in the requirements, then it's highly unlikely you would need to apply for PP, much less be required to rip it up.

However, IANAPlanner, so if you're already dealing with 'em, just ring up and ask the question.