Certificate of lawfulness sought for rear garden outbuilding at Northwick Park home

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Summary

The owner of 9 Audrey Gardens wants to build an outbuilding in their back garden. They are not applying for full planning permission. Instead, they are asking the council to confirm that the building is allowed under standard home-improvement rules.

This type of application checks whether the outbuilding meets the rules on size, height and how close it sits to the edge of the garden. If it does, the certificate is granted as a legal right.

Neighbours cannot object in the usual way. The council is making a legal check, not deciding whether the building is a good idea.

What the council wrote

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed outbuilding in rear garden of dwellinghouse