ugly car port

[cecil39]

a close neighbour has just put up the most awful carport at the front of his bungalow, made of an assortment of bits of short plank and bits of plastic, it looks like the sort of thing you might knock up in the back yard to keep your wood dry inthe winter, but bigger, does anyone know if he should have planning permission to put a carport up at the front as i am sure this would never get passed, it looks like the begining of a shanty town. opinions please.

[heathfield]

With our council, under regulations covering ''Front Extensions'' planning permission is</> required for areas between the forwardmost part of the original house and a public road for any ''garage or car port wholly or partially located in the forwardmost part of the house''. They add that planning permission is not normally granted for these. They then list exceptions, like - Replacing previous structure - Other houses already have them - Garden is deep enough so it wouldn't be obtrusive - Street building line is closer to the road than your own property - Off a private track or behind a high wall, etc.
Check with your own council - they may, like ours, even have leaflets on the subject..

[heathfield]

Oops - sorry about the italics!

[buildersmate]

Yes, as Heathfield say, it is not normally possible to build a structure in front of the front wall of the existing dwelling when the public highway is in front of that dwelling. However it will depend on the position of the dwelling in relation to others in the road (sometimes all houses are aligned - those built a long time ago are often not aligned).
Equally in some situations, car port may be regarded as a 'temporary structure' and not subject to a requirement to seek planning permission.
So phone your local planning authority and see what they have to say about it.
Building Regulations are not relevant to this situation.

[cecil39]

thanks so much for your advise and opinions, i will do as you suggest, its now being painted royal blue so is getting worse by the hour.