Wolverton families building a granny annexe for an elderly relative need to understand that independence and self-containment, however well-intentioned, is exactly what shifts a project out of the simpler planning routes.
Get Your Free Route CheckThe planning position for a Wolverton annexe comes down to two questions, is it genuinely mobile within the Caravan Act’s size limits, and is it genuinely ancillary to the house rather than a separate, independent dwelling.
A structure meeting the caravan definition, movable by road, built in no more than two sections, within 20 metres by 6.8 metres by 3.05 metres internal height, can often be sited in a Wolverton garden without full planning permission, provided it stays ancillary.
Where a Wolverton annexe is permanently fixed, or genuinely self-contained with its own facilities used independently, the caravan and permitted development routes generally don’t apply, and a full application becomes the realistic path. A Wolverton annexe needing full planning permission usually needs both, our Building Regulations drawings in Wolverton service covers the technical compliance side, and our structural calculations in Wolverton 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
We start every Wolverton annexe project by establishing the real starting point, a mobile structure within Caravan Act limits, an incidental outbuilding, or genuine independent living space, since that single distinction shapes everything that follows.
Your Wolverton application or certificate, whichever applies, is built around what your local council specifically expects to see, not a generic template.
Structural and building regulations work for Wolverton annexe projects is handled properly from the outset, informed by real experience with this kind of project.
Honesty about what your Wolverton annexe actually needs comes before any recommendation, not after we’ve quoted for the more expensive route.
We understand the genuine legal distinction between incidental and self-contained use for Wolverton annexe projects, which is exactly what most generic guidance gets wrong.
A Lawful Development Certificate, where your Wolverton annexe genuinely qualifies for it, gives you written confirmation rather than a risky assumption. 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 Wolverton, 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 Wolverton plans genuinely meet this.
It depends on genuine use, an incidental Wolverton 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 Wolverton, if the annexe could function as a separate home on its own, full planning permission is almost always the realistic route.
Strongly recommended for Wolverton 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 Wolverton annexe project, from establishing the correct route through to building regulations sign-off, so nothing falls through the gap.