House Extensions and Alterations - Wigan Council

LDFWIGANLOCALDEVELOPMENTFRAMEWORKHouse Extensions SPDWigan Council2.12 It is important that the planningand design of house extensions retainsadequate levels of privacy and amenity.Therefore, an absolute minimumseparation distance of 7 metres must beachieved between any part of anextension containing new windows of anhabitable room above ground floor leveland any boundary with a neighbouringgarden.2.13 In addition, a house extensionshould satisfy the council's interfacedistances of either no less than 21.5metres between the main elevationscontaining habitable rooms or an interfacedistance of no less than 12.2 metresbetween the main elevations and thosethat do not contain windows of habitablerooms.2.14 These distances may be relaxedwhere the design or orientation is suchthat privacy and amenity of a neighbouringproperty is not compromised.Alternatively, these distance may beincreased if there is a change intopography, which would result in anadverse affect on the privacy and amenityof a neighbouring property.A separation distance of at least 7 metres between a first floor habitable room and theboundary must be achieved7