15th November 2005, 06:12 PM
The case you mention is most certainly a breach of the planning consent. You can make little changes but three times the size and ina different place is pushing it a tad! Unfortunately most LPA's can't or won't afford enforcement officers.
The other problem is that the undergound stuff, be it foundations, drains or services, do not generally the concern the planners, so if there is a change that doesn't affect the sticky-up bits then no-one bothers to tell them, and they wouldn't be interested if you did. The only undergound thing that is usually concerend with planning is the archaeology of course, and of course everyone (else) will forget about it once the thing is under way.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.
The other problem is that the undergound stuff, be it foundations, drains or services, do not generally the concern the planners, so if there is a change that doesn't affect the sticky-up bits then no-one bothers to tell them, and they wouldn't be interested if you did. The only undergound thing that is usually concerend with planning is the archaeology of course, and of course everyone (else) will forget about it once the thing is under way.
We owe the dead nothing but the truth.