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Planning question for Mike G

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Sorry to hear you're finding convalescence so tedious after your injurt. It's no consolation, but I managed to open my hand up last week, requiring a trip to casualty and 4 stitches - Salutations to the amazing NHS staff who patched me up!

To ease your boredom, here's a (boring) question. I've been asked to erect a pergola for a customer. Within 2 metres of a boundary, and on an extant timber docking.

If they want to avoid getting planning permission, is the structure limted to 2.5m in total, *including* the existing deck height?

Thanks in advance, hope you get good news when your stitches come out!
 
No, the height is measured from ground level...and that's taken as the highest point of the surrounding "natural" ground level. My experience is that an open garden structure like a pergola only ever attracts the attention of planners if there is an existing dispute between neighbours. Keep as close to the 2.5m as you can, but don't worry too much if you're a few inches over.

Remember, too, that a deck has to be 300mm high (or less) or that needs planning permission.
 
Thanks Mike!

The deck is already in place, and has been for several years, so I assume is a non issue. It is quite high though, as the garden slopes steeply from the house, and the deck is terraced on 3 tiers.

The middle tier is where they want the pergola, so I assumed I can only go to 2.5m tall, less the decking - so the pergola might end up very short.

If I investigate ground level under the decking, at the highest point of the garden, I may gain some height if I go 2.5m from there I suppose.
 
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