Following on from my thread on permitted development thread (viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1691), Im leaning towards just going straight for planning permission after a few more days thought on the subject. I covered some of the unusual aspects of my site on that thread, but there are many more unusual aspects. One is the slope, it slopes steeply down to the boundary. I'm not worried about being able to dig it out and build it, it already has a garage right next to where i want the outbuilding.
My question is this, where will the planner measure the height from, the high ground or the low ground? I am aware in permitted development it is the highest adjacent ground, is it the same for planning permission? I'd be surprised if it differs but want to check. I'm hoping to be able to say to the planner "as its cut into the bank, half the height is below ground level and therefore the height is only blah...."
Mark