Before committing to a design for a Cullompton granny annexe, it’s worth knowing whether the Caravan Act, permitted development, or a full application actually applies to your specific plans. We check this from the outset.
Get Your Free Route CheckThree routes exist for a Cullompton granny annexe, and which one applies depends on genuine facts about the structure, not assumptions. The Caravan Sites Act 1968 defines a caravan by size, 20 metres by 6.8 metres, 3.05 metres internal height, and mobility, capable of being moved by road in one or two sections.
Class E permitted development covers incidental outbuildings in Cullompton, but excludes anything used as separate, self-contained living accommodation, the introduction of sleeping facilities used independently changes everything.
Where your Cullompton annexe doesn’t fit either of the simpler routes, a full planning application is the honest answer, and we confirm this properly rather than guess. A Cullompton annexe needing full planning permission usually needs both, our Building Regulations drawings in Cullompton service covers the technical compliance side, and our structural calculations in Cullompton service covers the engineering detail.
Caravan Act, permitted development, or full planning
Movable structures that may need no permission at all
Permitted development limits checked properly
Applications built to be approved
Every Cullompton annexe enquiry starts with the same honest question, mobile caravan, incidental outbuilding, or genuine separate dwelling, since the answer determines everything that follows.
From there, we confirm the correct route for your Cullompton project and prepare exactly what’s needed, a Lawful Development Certificate or a full planning application.
Structural detail and building regulations compliance for Cullompton annexes are handled properly throughout, not bolted on at the end.
Getting the classification right for a Cullompton annexe, mobile, incidental, or self-contained, matters as much as the design itself, and we treat both with equal seriousness.
Every Cullompton annexe project gets an honest assessment against all three routes, not a default assumption that the most complex one applies.
We coordinate structural and building regulations work for Cullompton annexes properly, since getting this wrong can hold up an otherwise straightforward project. If you need help with a granny annexe, give us a call on 0330 133 5316 or fill in the form below.
This genuinely depends on your specific plans for Cullompton, we check whether the structure is mobile, incidental, or self-contained before advising either way.
The Caravan Sites Act 1968 sets the limits, 20 metres long, 6.8 metres wide, 3.05 metres internal height, and the structure must be moveable by road in one or two sections, we check whether your Cullompton plans genuinely meet this.
It depends on genuine use, an incidental Cullompton outbuilding can qualify under Class E, but introducing real sleeping accommodation used independently takes it outside permitted development regardless of size.
Genuine independence is the test in Cullompton, if the annexe could function as a separate home on its own, full planning permission is almost always the realistic route.
Strongly recommended for Cullompton annexes, an assumption that a structure qualifies isn’t the same as formal confirmation, and a Lawful Development Certificate closes that gap.
Yes, we coordinate every part of a Cullompton annexe project, from establishing the correct route through to building regulations sign-off, so nothing falls through the gap.