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House extensions and alterations

Home Planning Planning policy Design Code House extensions and alterations

This section of the code relates to house extensions and other development within the curtilage of a house.

Design information to submit with a planning application

The type and level of information to be submitted with a planning application depends on the nature and impacts of the application itself. The applying for planning permission page of the our website provides guidance on what these different levels and types of information are, and when they are required.

All applicants should submit the checklist at the end of the Design Code, linked below.

Householder applications (extensions etc.) outside Conservation Areas and not involving Listed Buildings do not need to include further design information.

Lake District Design Code checklist for house extensions and alterations

Navigate through the Design Code for house extensions and alterations

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