Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether front and side extensions are subject to the same neighbouring amenity rules as rear extensions under the General Permitted Development Order 2013.

The provisions in the 2013 Order only apply to rear extensions. The details can be found at:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1101/article/4./made

My Department’s guide on permitted development rights for householders was last updated in April 2014 and can be found at:

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/100806_PDforhouseholders_TechnicalGuidance.pdf