Attached Carport - The Regulations That Affect The Construction
A garage and a carport is one and the same thing under building planning laws in many countries. An attached carport built adjacent to a house may or may not be exempt from building planning control laws, depending on whether or not it satisfies certain conditions, so that it can be shielded by a waiver on general planning permission normally required by law.
But there are certain restrictions to the above general permission, which if violated during the actual attached carport construction can bring it under the purview of building planning control laws. Planning permission is required when a portion of an attached carport will stand nearer to the highway, rather than it is to your current house, unless it is more than 20 meters from the boundary of the highway. This means that in case your house is situated near to the corner of two intersecting highways, the construction of an attached carport at the side will usually require planning permission. In case, the highway is at the rear end of the house, the carport at that end will require planning permission.
Planning permission is required, if the cubic volume of the combined house with all accessories included therein, will undergo an increase.When working with the above cubic content incorporate: Any current extension built since the house was built Any freestanding outbuilding constructed either after the construction of the house or at that time only, if it is above 10 cu m and within 5m of the house and the proposed carport. When working with the above cubic content, it excludes
any part or extension of the original house which is to be destroyed. The planning permission is also required if a portion of the carport garage within 2m of boundary of the house property is greater than 4m above the level of the ground. This will affect the roof of an attached carport on an extremely sloping site. Planning permission is also required when the carport height is greater than the height of the current property. This however is relevant only in the case of a bungalow. Apart from all these requirements, approval from the building regulation authorities is necessary for many attached carports. However the approval is not needed in case the attached carport has a floor area of not more than 30sq m and at least two open sides. For submission of the planning application form, a plan fee has to be paid with the application form and an inspection fee will be required to be paid when the actual construction work begins. In case a building notice is to be submitted an all-inclusive fee is payable at the time of submission of the notice. However, no fee is required, if the extension is made only for improving the convenience and access of the property for a person who has a disability and is so registered. So hopefully, through this article, you may have got sufficient information about the regulations that affect an attached carport, its application process, its requirements, and fee structure. So protect your car from adverse weather conditions by building a carport adjacent to your house.
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