The 'Building Line'

Chris Hogg scribbled

Still relevant in some instances

Go to uk.legal.moderated Chris. There are some clever people in there.

If only

michael adams

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It seems to vary with location and indeed local laws I suppose.

We are a lot closer to the road here than many houses around here are, but when I asked this question, I got a three page letter which was totally incomprehensible.

Brian

Thanks for the replies. Looks like it's still in favour, but may be up to the local authority to have the final say.

Brian-Gaff scribbled

That's when you contact your local councillor and mention the Plain English campaign and ask for a translation.

I do not think the building line was ever sacrosanct more a desirable outco me. I remember over 40 years ago my father got building permission for a po rtion of a garage to protrude beyond the building line. The irony of the si tuation was the property was a corner plot on a new build where the garden ended up smaller than first envisaged because the builder decided to squeez e in an extra house. The garage was built into the far corner in the angle formed by the boundaries of the two neighbouring properties resulting in on e corner beyond the "building line". I remember my father having to make hi s case to site it there, but the lunacy of the planning department said if he sited at the side of the house where it would block views of the corner and look like the proverbial carbuncle was OK.

Richard

Take a look at the Planning Portals 'interactive house'. You'll probably find the answer there?