Permission required for underground bunker?
June 29, 2011 by AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs in forum Planning Forum
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#77 AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs, 29 June 2011, 01:21
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Claim:
there is an exemption from Building Regs and Planning Permission provided:
Internal Floor area no more than 30 sq metres
depth is no greater than the distance to the nearest building.
so you do not have to submit plans.
Tell your neighbours that it is a septic tank or something, otherwise they will try to break in when the bomb falls.
I expect someone will have a link to the rule, it has been here before. Try a search.
?Evidence:
Does anyone have the REFERENCE (section ? of Town and country planning act 1990 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/contents ) to the exemption you think exists re planning permission ?
My local planning officers line is
"What you propose would be classified as an engineering operation. Unlike Building Regulations, there are no exemptions under the Planning Acts that permit nuclear shelters or similar structures to be constructed. As a result, planning permission would be required. Whether such a proposal would be likely to be granted planning permission would depend upon an assessment of its impact on the character of the surrounding area and neighbours' amenities."
Claim:
there is an exemption from Building Regs and Planning Permission provided:
Internal Floor area no more than 30 sq metres
depth is no greater than the distance to the nearest building.
so you do not have to submit plans.
Tell your neighbours that it is a septic tank or something, otherwise they will try to break in when the bomb falls.
I expect someone will have a link to the rule, it has been here before. Try a search.
?Evidence:
Does anyone have the REFERENCE (section ? of Town and country planning act 1990 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/contents ) to the exemption you think exists re planning permission ?
My local planning officers line is
"What you propose would be classified as an engineering operation. Unlike Building Regulations, there are no exemptions under the Planning Acts that permit nuclear shelters or similar structures to be constructed. As a result, planning permission would be required. Whether such a proposal would be likely to be granted planning permission would depend upon an assessment of its impact on the character of the surrounding area and neighbours' amenities."
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