Porches

The planning rules for porches are applicable to any external door to the dwellinghouse.

You need to apply for planning permission when:

1. the ground floor area (measured externally) would exceed three square metres.
2. any part would be more than three metres above ground level (height needs to be measured in the same way as for a house extension).
3. any part of the porch would be within two metres of any boundary of the dwellinghouse and the highway (which includes all public roads, footpaths, bridleways and byways).