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Permitted development rights allow you to undertake some significant building works without applying for planning permission – but what projects are on offer? Mike Dade takes a look at 23 different home improvements you can do without planning consent
by Mike Dade
18th July 2023
For those of you looking to refurbish an existing building, it might come as a pleasant surprise to discover just how much you can achieve without having to go through the planning approval process.
The permitted development (PD) regime allows you to embark on a whole host of home improvements, from extensions through to adding solar panels or other renewable technologies.
The crux of permitted development rights is that the government has granted blanket consent for a range of works, provided they meet certain criteria and that the local authority accepts your scheme adheres to them. This is a complex area of planning regulation, taking in numerous classes of development – each with its own detailed rules.
In this article we’ll principally be focusing on the English PD scheme, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all administer their own versions.
They each follow the same basic principles but have subtle differences, so check the guidance that applies to your part of the country via the relevant government website.
1. Interior Renovations
Reconfiguring rooms is a quick and easy way to update a space, and you won’t need permission for internal changes such as moving walls, adjusting floor heights, rejigging a kitchen or creating a new bathroom.
This only applies to a completed and occupied house, however; not to a new-build or conversion under construction, where the approved plans must be followed. Bear in mind that you may need listed building consent if your home carries this status.
Read More: Hiring an Interior Designer for Your Project
CASE STUDY Elegant Renovation of a Victorian Cottage Martin and Julie Smart felt isolated in their rural home and wanted to move back to a village for the feeling of community. The couple managed to find the perfect property in a prime location and began working on their renovation plans. It consisted of an 18th-century core with later alterations and additions – including a 1970s single-storey bathroom extension tacked on to the rear. The complete project took the couple 12 months from start to finish, costing them a total of £295,200. This involved the addition of a new extension to the rear, containing an open-plan kitchen-living-dining room, with the ensuite main bedroom above. To the side is a single-storey entrance hall with a glass roof and oak front door. read the full story |
2. Single-Storey Extensions
You can build storey-height additions to the back and sides of your house under PD rights. Generally the limits for rear extensions are that you can stretch 4m out from the original dwelling on detached homes, and 3m in other cases.
Larger versions up to 8m and 6m respectively are currently allowable in England, subject to a notification procedure. Side expansions can be up to half the width of the original building.
You will be restricted in terms of ridge height (4m) and the amount of garden amenity you can cover (no more than 50%) if you want to qualify for PD.
Proximity to plot boundaries also has an impact, while the materials must match the existing house as far as practicable.
Read More: Extending a Home Under Permitted Development: What Can I Build?
3. Build a Conservatory Without Planning PermissionFor planning permission purposes, these glazed rooms are treated as extensions – with the main difference being that the requirement for matching materials doesn’t apply. To qualify as permitted development, your conservatory must attach to the original dwelling and not a subsequent extension. More Ideas: Conservatory Design Ideas: Inspiring Projects and Expert Advice |
4. Erect a Multi-Storey Extension
Two-storey rear additions are permitted development provided they don’t extend out by more than 3m and they are located less than 7m from the rear boundary.
If the side of the extension is within 2m of the flank boundary, then the eaves can’t be more than 3m high.
Ed and Nicola knew they wanted to retain their home’s original brickwork but were also keen to create a crisp and contemporary finish to the extension. To achieve this, architect Lesley Hally chose to incorporate a mix of render, grey zinc cladding and slim cedar cladding, to complement and contrast the yellowish bricks and create a modern timber clad extension. Photo: Simon Maxwell
5. Repair, Replace or Add WindowsYou won’t need consent for this kind of alteration provided that, as a result of the change, the appearance of the house isn’t materially altered (so some change is permissible). You can even enlarge existing fenestration under PD – although take note that bay windows are considered to be extensions. Special rules intended to protect neighbours’ privacy apply to side windows, which should be fitted with obscured glazing. It’s quite common to see conditions on previous planning permission preventing alterations to windows in houses and conversions – so always check this before proceeding. Read More: Should You Repair or Replace the Windows? |
6. Add a Loft Conversion
Transforming an attic into a habitable zone can be a cost-effective route to more space. This kind of project tends to largely rest on internal work, so there’s usually no need for planning permission.
You can expand available space either with dormer windows or similar alterations, such as changing a hipped roof to a gable – subject to the proviso that the works don’t extend beyond the plane of the existing slope on the front elevation.
Studio Hagen Hall has applied its eye for spatial planning to this compact terraced home in an urban city location, adding a contemporary loft conversion. Photo: Mariell Lind Hansen
Volume limits apply, too: you can add up to 40m3 to terraced houses; or up to 50m3 to detached properties and semis.
Read More: Complete Guide to Loft Conversion Projects
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7. Replace Your RoofYou won’t need formal consent to change the roof finish – including jobs such as repairing sections of the covering or replacing it with the same or another material. Any alterations must project no more than 150mm from the existing plane, which is just enough room to add a layer of external insulation if you choose to take this route for an attic conversion. More comprehensive changes to the roof shape are covered above. Read More: Choosing Roof Tiles for Renovation Projects Situated in the Ferryhill area of Aberdeen, this traditional Scottish home – renovated by Brown & Brown architects – is topped with a stylish slate roof |
8. Install Rooflights or Roof Windows
Fitting roof windows can offer a fantastic opportunity to filtering in top-down natural light. Rooflights are generally permitted development, but mustn’t stick out by more than 150mm from the plane of the roof.
This single-storey extension has been constructed with structural insulated panels (SIPs) for maximum efficiency and utilises a large rooflight stretching across the ceiling to illuminate the home’s charming stone wall and bring as much light in as possible
9. Add a Porch to Your HomeYou can update any external door to your home by adding a small porch, up to 3m high and 3m2 in floor area (measured externally). It must be at least 2m away from any boundary with a highway. |
10. Update Your Home’s External Cladding
You’re allowed to paint, repair or replace the external cladding of your house, but the new finish must broadly match the original in appearance.
There are strong restrictions in place to protect designated zones. So in conservation areas, national parks, areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) and the Broads you will need to apply for planning permission to clad in stone, artificial stone, pebbledash, render, timber, plastic or tiles.
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Theis and Khan architects revived a collection of outbuildings ancillary to a grade II listed farmhouse, positioned in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Stylish and durable oak cladding helps to ensure the converted home retains an authentic character. Photo: Nick Kane
11.Upgrade Your Insulation Unless a layer of thermal protection is being applied to the building’s exterior in a way that would affect its appearance, then fitting insulation is classed as internal work that doesn’t require permission. Where you’re adding it as part of an external cladding, such as insulated render, it will still count as PD unless it increases the height of the building or moves the front wall closer to the highway. |
12. Fit Solar Panels
The government’s bid to reduce carbon emissions means that homeowners are now free to add solar thermal or photovoltaic (PV) panels on roofs or walls, provided the units don’t protrude more than 200mm beyond the roof plane and are installed below the highest part of the covering.
The general rule is that these renewables should be sited to minimise visual impact on the dwelling and the locale – and there are specific restrictions in place for conservation areas, world heritage sites and listed buildings. Panels can also be installed on outbuildings or in your garden, but there are strict size limitations for the latter.
Learn More: Focus On: Installing Solar Panels
13. Install a Heat PumpYou can fit a ground or water source heat pump in your garden as permitted development. The only potential snag may be local rules for listed buildings and conservation areas. There are strict size and location limits for air source versions – and only your first installation is allowed under PD. Read More: Why Choose a Heat Pump? |
14. Dig a Basement
Currently, adding an underground living space falls into the extension category. However, in some urban areas – especially those where so-called mega basements are popular – councils are removing permitted development rights via Article 4 Directions (see the extensions & provisos box, overleaf, for more on this).
The status of these additions is under review and a special permitted development class to cover them has been suggested, but not yet adopted.
Read More: Basement Extensions Design
15. Underpin a HouseThis type of maintenance on foundations – which is usually designed to stabilise a structure – won’t normally require planning permission, although a formal application could be necessary when underpinning a listed building or a property in a designated area. |
16. Construct an Outbuilding or Garden Office
Erecting new single-storey structures – including summerhouses, garages and sheds – is allowed under PD provided their use is incidental to that of the main dwelling (eg for a gym rather than an extra bedroom).
The building must be behind the principal elevation of the house, and you cannot cover more than 50% of the garden with such structures. Height limits also apply.
There are no PD rights for outbuildings in the grounds of listed properties, while in AONBs, conservation areas and national parks, they must not be larger than 10m2 if they are more than 20m from the house – among other restrictions.
Read More: Garden Offices: Your Complete Guide to Building an Office in Your Garden
ByOthers Studio designed this 30m2 timber frame garden office, which sits atop a timber floor structure and ground screw foundations. The stylish project features a glass pivot door and Corten steel cladding for a unique finish, with sheepswool insulation to maintain a comfortable interior throughout the seasons. Photo: Lorenzo Zandri
17. Convert a GaragePlanning permission is not normally required to repurpose a garage for residential use, providing that the work is exclusively internal and does not involve enlarging the building in any way (including the addition of dormers in the roof). Check with your local authority that the right to convert has not been removed. This is a particularly common issue with new developments and conservation areas. This stunning scheme is a garage conversion from Cue and Co London that offers this home the space it needed for a light and airy kitchen. Read More: Beginner’s Guide to Garage Conversions |
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18. Build a Swimming Pool
Swimming pools come under the same class as outbuildings, so if you’re planning one in a small garden you should check whether it will fall within the 50% limit on coverage of grounds by buildings.
This retractable polycarbonate model by Starlight Pools looks luxurious, and also allows all-season swimming and UV protection
19. Install New DeckingAn external deck can be laid provided it isn’t over 300mm above ground level. It’s subject to the same provisos about garden coverage (so counts towards the 50% threshold) and floorplan size in protected areas as apply to outbuildings. |
20. Gates, Fencing & Walls
You can build new boundary treatments provided they fall within allotted height restrictions. Those fronting a highway must be a maximum of 1m tall, while a 2m threshold applies elsewhere. This right does not extend to listed buildings.
21. Upgrade Your Patios & DrivewaysLaying or replacing hardstanding is considered permitted development across most parts of a property’s grounds. However, if you’re planning to treat more than 5m2 of front garden you must either use a porous surface, such as gravel or permeable block paving. Alternatively, you should direct the rainwater to a lawn or flower bed where it can drain naturally. Read More: Driveway Design & Materials |
22. Renew Your Home’s Landscaping
While most garden work is clearly permitted, including major changes such as planting hedges, there are a number of restrictions. The most significant is that many trees are protected by preservation orders, so you may need the council’s consent to prune or fell them.
Facit Homes designed and built this house to maximise views of the surrounding woodland. The garden was masterminded by Area Landscape
23. Change the Building’s UsePD allows you to convert a range of agricultural and commercial buildings – such as shops, offices and storage units – to domestic use. For example, in England only you can change the use of up to three farm buildings on the same tranche of land, up to a maximum combined footprint of 405m2. The rules around these projects are complex and, while full planning may not be required, separate prior approval applications do need to be made to the overseeing council. Read More: Barn Conversion Ideas |
Featured image: By doing a detailed analysis of historical maps, Francesco Pierazzi Architects demonstrated the original form of this semi-detached Victorian house as it stood before 1948. From here, they developed a design for an extension that did not require full planning consent. Photo: Gianluca Maver
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10 projects you can do without planning permission
Tired of jumping through planning hoops? You might be surprised at what you can achieve without full consent
The process of gaining planning permission can be costly and time-consuming. Setbacks are common and there’s no guarantee that the planners will get on board with your grand vision.
READ MORE: How to make a successful planning application
It’s not all doom and gloom, though. Under the UK’s permitted development (PD) rights, there are plenty of ways to remodel your home without the need for a formal application.
Projects are still subject to some restrictions (they need to meet building regulations for example), so it’s important to do your research before charging in, but in general, PD rules allow you to make large changes to your property without too much trouble.
Here’s what you could achieve without all the paperwork…
Install a Juliet balcony
Bring the outside in by adding a stylish Juliet balcony to an upper storey. Image: Balustrade.Glass
A Juliet balcony is a great way to open up your living areas to the great outdoors, especially in a smaller home or a property with limited outside space.
The government’s technical guidance states that a Juliet balcony, with no extending platform and therefore no external access, is classed as permitted development, meaning you can skip the official planning applications.
However, there are always exceptions – if your house is listed, located in a conservation area or part of a block of flats, you’re likely to require full consent.
Switch up your interior
Shake up your layout by creating an open-plan space. Image: John Lewis
Frustrated by an impractical kitchen layout? Whether you want to create a large open-plan living room or fancy adding an ensuite to your bedroom, you can do it all without the stamp of approval from your local planners.
Internal remodelling jobs are covered under permitted development, allowing you to reconfigure wall positions, ceiling heights and room layouts. What are you waiting for?
Add a single-storey extension
A glazed extension can add real wow-factor. Image: Hut Architecture
If you dream of a beautiful glazed extension linking your kitchen to your garden, then good news – single-storey rear and side extensions are both permitted under PD.
There are some size restrictions, however. For rear extensions on a detached house, you can stretch out to a maximum of eight metres from the original property wall or six metres for any other type of property. Additions must not exceed four metres in height.
For side extensions, you can extend up to a maximum of half the width of the original building and no more than four metres high.
Convert a loft
Empty rafter space has no end of potential. Image: Jafara/Shutterstock
You can add space and value to a snug home by converting a redundant loft into a useable space without having to battle the planners.
Any extension undertaken as part of the loft conversion should not be higher than the highest part of the roof, and flats and maisonettes may face further restrictions – check the Planning Portal for details of the caveats.
Under PD rights, you can also add rooflights to turn these often dark and dingy spaces into covetable light-filled interiors. From a cosy bedroom to a home office or a handy storage room, there’s a wealth of possibilities for that old dusty attic.
Fix up the roof
New roof tiles can add instant curb appeal. Image: karamysh/Shutterstock
Your home is only as good as its roof and, fortunately, you can give yours a bit of TLC without jumping through any planning hoops. You can replace a single section or you could go for a complete refresh and re-roof your entire house.
If you want to create more head height, you’re also in luck. You can change the shape of your roof as long as the works don’t extend more than 150 millimetres beyond the existing slope and alterations don’t exceed the highest part of the roof.
Convert your garage
This former garage is now a bright family games room. Image: Masterpiece Design Group
Give your garage a new lease of life and transform it into an additional living space or guest room without lodging a planning application.
To avoid rubbing your local council up the wrong way, you just need to make sure that any works carried out are internal and your garage conversion doesn’t involve extending the size of the building outwards.
Build an outbuilding
Splash out on a charming clapboard pool house. Image: Oak Design Co
Yearning for a garden sanctuary at a distance from your main home? Consider it done. Permitted development rights allow the construction of outbuildings on your property, from summer houses to gyms, home offices, garages and sheds.
However, the proposed building must not exceed a height of four metres and cannot cover more than 50 per cent of the land around your house. Start planning your dream space with these amazing garden room ideas.
Install a swimming pool
Add a touch of luxury to your back garden. Image: alexandre zveiger/Shutterstock
Come summer, the idea of lounging by your very own pool, cocktail in hand, is a tempting one. Under PD regulations, it’s a dream that’s completely achievable, too.
Swimming pools fall under the same class as outbuildings, so while you can’t go overboard and turn your whole garden into a swimming pool, if you are ready to take the plunge and install one, it won’t require planning permission.
Add a two-storey extension
This sleek extension has been decked out with herringbone pine floors. Image: Vine Architecture
Under amendments to planning legislation in 2020, homeowners are allowed to add two-storey extensions to their properties without having to submit a planning application.
Extensions must not extend more than three metres beyond the wall of the original home and be no closer than seven metres to the rear boundary of your property.
As with outbuildings, extensions to your house (including past projects) must not take up more than 50 per cent of the surrounding land.
The roof pitch of your two-storey addition must also match that of the existing structure as far as possible and similar materials to the original home must be used.
While full planning consent isn’t necessary, homeowners will have to seek prior approval from their local planning authority. This is an application to confirm that specified elements of a project are acceptable.
Repurpose a commercial building
This converted high street bank featured on George Clarke’s Remarkable Renovations.
Image: Roy Riley / Amazing Productions / Channel 4
The past few years have been tough for retail, but now the government thinks it can solve the problem of the country’s housing shortage and revive Britain’s high streets with one stone: by easing the rules on converting commercial properties into homes.
Then-Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick released a paper outlining the change in rules in March 2021. To meet criteria, the building must be less than 1,500 square metres, have been empty for at least three months prior to the application, and have operated as a commercial business for at least two years.
Would-be developers will need to get prior approval from the local authority – though compared with planning permission this is a walk in the park.
The main areas for concern for the council are the risk of flooding, potential noise pollution for the new residents, provision of light into all habitable rooms and the degree to which the loss of provision would impact the local area.
Restrictions
There are some important caveats to permitted development. If your house is in a designated space – a conservation area or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, for example – PD rights will be more restricted. Similarly, if your property is listed, there are likely to be different requirements for any alterations you’re looking to make.
In addition, flats and maisonettes don’t fall within the regulations as alterations could affect neighbouring homes.
It’s always a good idea to reach out to your local planning department to discuss your project before you break ground – they’ll be able to flag up any causes for concern and advise on whether you may need permissions to carry out the work.
Planning a big project? You can read up on your permitted development rights on the Planning Portal.
The information above relates to planning policy in England. PD restrictions may differ in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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When do you need a building permit and what can be built without a permit?
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The overwhelming majority of construction and (or) repair work without obtaining the appropriate permit is prohibited by the laws of our country. At the same time, there is still a list of buildings for the construction of which a building permit is not required. About what can be built without this permission, and what is not, we decided to tell in this material.
Building permit – definition of the concept.
The full text of the concept of a building permit can be found in Article No. 51 of the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation. According to this document, a building permit is a document confirming the compliance of the project documentation with the requirements of the urban development plan of the land plot or the territory planning project and the territory surveying project (in the case of construction, reconstruction of linear facilities) and giving the developer the right to carry out construction, reconstruction of capital construction objects.
In general, a building permit is required for the construction or renovation of almost any capital construction project. Exceptions exist, but they are minor and not in all cases they may be.
Thus, obtaining a building permit will always be necessary when building a residential building, and it does not matter: individual or multi-apartment. At the same time, it is indispensable to do without it during the construction of any complex technical facilities, hydraulic structures, buildings associated with the extraction of minerals, nuclear energy, dangerous or extremely dangerous construction projects or reconstruction of such facilities.
Also, without this permission, public railways or roads and other types of various linear and capital construction projects cannot be built – it would take a very long time to list them all.
It is also worth mentioning separately the reconstruction or construction of objects located within specially protected land boundaries or which are cultural heritage. Any construction on the aforementioned lands is possible only after obtaining all necessary permits and approvals. As well as any work on cultural heritage sites, associated with any changes in their design and other characteristics of reliability and safety, cannot be carried out without obtaining permission.
The conclusion comes naturally: a serious building without a building permit cannot be legally built. But still, some buildings do not require a building permit.
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Where and what can be built without a permit?
Such buildings are any ancillary buildings on private land owned by an individual. But here, too, a reservation must be made: on a summer cottage or garden plot, without obtaining any permits, you can build anything you like, except for a residential building. The house already needs a permit. Also construction of garages, sheds, bathhouses, greenhouses, etc. without any permission is possible only if their use is planned for purely private purposes, without any commercial activity for the purpose of making a profit (conducting production, providing services, etc. ).
Without a permit, it is possible to build or reconstruct objects that are not capital construction objects. Kiosks, frame light hangars, small pavilions, various temporary objects – i.e. something that does not have a foundation and can be quickly dismantled or moved.
At the same time, it is also possible to erect various auxiliary buildings near residential buildings or shopping centers without permits.
For example, very often showrooms, vestibules made of translucent structures, additional storage facilities are attached to shops, shopping centers. At the same time, everything is not as simple as it seems at first glance. Indeed, in order for extensions or arrangements of additional premises not to require any permits, they must have the status not of an independent, but of a purely auxiliary building. And there is a gap in our legislation. It does not have a clear explanation, the concept of what is an auxiliary building and what is not. Consequently, with such construction, a list of controversial issues often arises.
In general terms, one of the criteria for classifying a building as an auxiliary facility is its low functional significance. The object cannot function without the main building, has a reduced level of responsibility of structural elements and does not go beyond the boundaries of the land plot of the main building.
At the same time, the building must simultaneously have a target connection with the main building and be isolated from it. The entrance to it should be carried out exclusively through the street, and not from the main building.
When building extensions near residential buildings, disputes can also arise. So, if a garage, a barn is being built nearby, or a canopy is attached, then no permits are needed. But if the tenants suddenly wish to attach an additional utility room, then it is not always possible to unambiguously say whether this can be done without a building permit or is no longer possible.
Another permit may not be required in cases where changes to the capital construction object or its parts do not affect its safety, do not affect the rights of third parties and do not exceed the maximum permitted parameters – these are the parameters established by the urban planning regulations, which will include the norms for land acquisition under construction, distances to buildings and structures, utilities, security zones, etc.
As a conclusion, the following should be noted. On the one hand, the urban planning code clearly explains when it is necessary to obtain a building permit and when not. On the other hand, the town planning code and other regulatory documents do not give a clear explanation of what constitutes a structure and a structure of auxiliary use. Presumably, this was done in order to facilitate the process of processing documents for objects that cannot function independently.
At the same time, it should be noted that such indulgence has a side effect, which is expressed in the emergence of controversial situations. In the event of a conflict between the developer and the public authority, the case, as a rule, goes to court.
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When a building permit is not required
A building permit is a document that confirms the compliance of project documentation with the established requirements, as well as the admissibility of placing a capital construction object on a land plot in accordance with the permitted use of the land plot and restrictions established in accordance with land and other legislation of the Russian Federation.
In accordance with paragraph 17 of Article 51 of the Town Planning Code of the Russian Federation, a building permit is not required if:
– construction, reconstruction of a garage on a land plot provided to an individual for purposes not related to entrepreneurial activities, or construction, reconstruction of a residential house, garden house, outbuildings on a garden land plot, determined in accordance with legislation in the field of horticulture and horticulture;
– construction, reconstruction of objects of individual housing construction;
– construction, reconstruction of objects that are not objects of capital construction;
– construction of buildings and structures for auxiliary use on a land plot;
– changes in capital construction objects and (or) their parts, if such changes do not affect the design and other characteristics of their reliability and safety and do not exceed the limit parameters of permitted construction, reconstruction established by the urban planning regulations;
– overhaul of capital construction facilities;
– construction, reconstruction of boreholes provided for by the prepared, agreed and approved in accordance with the subsoil legislation of the Russian Federation of the technical project for the development of mineral deposits or other project documentation for the performance of work related to the use of subsoil plots;
– construction, reconstruction of embassies, consulates and representative offices of the Russian Federation abroad;
– construction, reconstruction of facilities intended for the transportation of natural gas under pressure up to 0. 6 megapascal inclusive;
– in other cases, if in accordance with this Code, regulatory legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, the legislation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation on urban planning activities, obtaining a construction permit is not required.
For the construction of an individual housing construction facility or a garden house (hereinafter referred to as the IZHS facility), the developer submits a notice of the planned construction or reconstruction of the IZHS facility to the state authority or local government authorized to issue a building permit with the necessary documents attached. The notification form for the planned construction or reconstruction of an individual housing construction object or a garden house was approved by Order of the Ministry of Construction of Russia dated 19.09.2018 No. 591/pr.
If the notification of the planned construction lacks the necessary information or documents, the submitted notification with the attached documents is returned to the developer without consideration, indicating the reasons for the return within three working days from the date of receipt.
Consideration of the notification with the attached documents is carried out within seven working days from the date of receipt of the notification of the planned construction. Based on the results of the consideration, a notification is sent to the developer about the compliance or non-compliance of the parameters of the IZHS object specified in the notification of the planned construction with the established parameters and the admissibility or inadmissibility of placing the IZHS object on the land plot.
The receipt by the developer of a notice of compliance entitles the developer to build or reconstruct an individual housing facility in accordance with the parameters specified in the notice of planned construction, within ten years from the date the developer sends such a notice. This right is retained upon the transfer of rights to the land plot and the IZHS object. At the same time, sending a new notice of the planned construction is not required.
This applies to IZHS objects created or created on land plots intended for individual housing construction, or on land plots located within the boundaries of a settlement and intended for personal subsidiary farming (on a personal plot of land).