# PLANNING PRE-APPLICATION ENQUIRY LETTER
Date: 6 October 2032
Parties: Harriet Cole and East Wessex Council
## 1. Purpose and parties
Harriet Cole of 3 Beech Walk, Winchester SO22 5RD asks East Wessex Council's planning service for written householder pre-application advice for that owner-occupied property. The site is outside a conservation area, is not listed, and has no known planning restriction beyond the adopted East Wessex Local Plan. Harriet owns the freehold and has checked the online planning history, which shows no relevant application.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
She proposes a single-storey rear extension 4.2 metres deep by 6.0 metres wide, with a 2.8-metre maximum height, a 2.4-metre parapet and a sedum flat roof. It would add approximately 25.2 square metres of floorspace, use matching red brick and timber-effect aluminium windows, and replace an existing conservatory. The extension would retain a 1.0-metre passage to the western boundary and leave approximately 58% of the rear garden open.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
The proposal includes a kitchen-dining room, one rooflight and obscured glazing to a side-facing WC window. No bedroom, separate dwelling, new vehicular access or parking change is proposed. Harriet believes the works may fall within permitted development subject to the relevant limitations, but seeks advice before relying on that route and will apply for express permission if required. She will not begin construction on the strength of informal advice.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
Harriet asks whether the principle and dimensions accord with Local Plan policies DM2 (good design), HOU6 (residential extensions) and ENV4 (trees and biodiversity), whether the replacement conservatory affects the planning calculation, and whether the western boundary treatment adequately protects the neighbour at 5 Beech Walk. She also asks whether the rooflight, drainage, construction access, tree-root protection and bat or nesting-bird checks require further information, and whether a lawful-development certificate or householder application is the appropriate next step.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
The site has a mature apple tree approximately 3.5 metres from the proposed wall and a surface-water drain near the existing conservatory. Harriet will commission an arboricultural check if the Council considers one necessary, use permeable paving only for any disturbed path, and retain the tree. The proposal would connect to existing foul drainage, would not increase bedroom numbers, and would use a water butt and low-energy lighting; these details are offered for discussion rather than presented as a substitute for building-regulations approval.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
Enclosed are a location plan at 1:1250, a block plan at 1:500, existing and proposed floor plans and elevations at 1:100, photographs dated 2 October 2032, a site ownership plan, and a short design note. Harriet understands that pre-application advice is not a planning permission, is normally confidential only according to the Council's published service terms, may involve a fee, and cannot bind the Council or predetermine a later application. She will pay the published householder fee of £180 if confirmed and will provide any missing information within 10 working days.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
This completed fictional enquiry is dated 6 October 2032 and is governed procedurally by the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and applicable regulations and local policy. Harriet asks the Council to acknowledge receipt by 13 October, identify the correct fee and case officer, and respond by 3 November if that timetable is available. She will consider the written advice with a qualified planning professional, consult affected neighbours voluntarily, and obtain building-regulations approval separately before work begins.