Are there any limitations to exempted development?

All forms of development which are normally exempted lose this status and require planning permission if they:

• Contravene a condition of a planning permission
• Endanger public safety by causing a traffic hazard or obstructing the view of road users
• Build forward of the building line (except in the case of small porches)
• Involve a new or wider access to a public road which exceeds 4 metres in width
• Affect a building, feature, site etc., which is protected or proposed for protection in the development plan or draft plan
• Obstruct a public right of way
• Are not wholly related to the use of the house for domestic purposes
• Consist of works under a public road other than a connection of a wired broadcast relay service, sewer, water main, gas main or electricity supply line or cable
• Interfere with the character of the landscape, or a view or prospect of special amenity value, the preservation of which is an objective of the development plan for the area.
• Consist of the extension, alteration, repair or renewal of an unauthorised structure
• Obstruct any public right of way
• Consist of the fencing or enclosure of any land habitually open to or used by the public during the 10 years preceding such fencing
• Consist of works to the exterior of a structure where the structure is located within an Architectural Conservation Area
• Consist of the provision of or modifications to an establishment, and could have significant repercussions on major accident hazards