Permitted development right
Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse
| Field | Value | Fact links |
|---|---|---|
| CURIE | permitted-development-right:I3-1977 | no fact link |
| Prefix | permitted-development-right | Facts |
| Reference | I3-1977 | Facts |
| Name | Development within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse | Facts |
| Dataset | Permitted development right | no fact link |
| Organisation | Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | no fact link |
| Start date | 1977-03-29 | no fact link |
| End date | no fact link | |
| Entry date | 2026-01-15 | Facts |
| Typology | category | no fact link |
| Notes | None | Facts |
| Description | The erection, construction and placing, and the maintenance, improvement or other alteration, within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse, of any building or enclosure (other than a dwelling, garage, stable, loose-box or coachhouse) required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such, including the keeping of poultry, bees, pet animals, birds or other livestock for the domestic needs or personal enjoyment of the occupants of the dwellinghouse, so long as: (a) no part of such building or enclosure projects beyond the forwardmost part of any wall of the original dwellinghouse which fronts onto a highway; (b) the height does not exceed, in the case of a building with a ridged roof, four metres or, in any other case, three metres; (c) the area of ground covered by buildings within the curtilage (other than the original dwellinghouse) does not thereby exceed one half of the total area of the curtilage excluding the ground area of the original dwellinghouse | Facts |
| Documentation url | https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/289/pdfs/uksi_19770289_en.pdf | Facts |
| Permitted development right part | I | Facts |
| Permitted development right class | 3 | Facts |
Contents
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"description": "The erection, construction and placing, and the maintenance, improvement or other alteration, within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse, of any building or enclosure (other than a dwelling, garage, stable, loose-box or coachhouse) required for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse as such, including the keeping of poultry, bees, pet animals, birds or other livestock for the domestic needs or personal enjoyment of the occupants of the dwellinghouse, so long as: (a) no part of such building or enclosure projects beyond the forwardmost part of any wall of the original dwellinghouse which fronts onto a highway; (b) the height does not exceed, in the case of a building with a ridged roof, four metres or, in any other case, three metres; (c) the area of ground covered by buildings within the curtilage (other than the original dwellinghouse) does not thereby exceed one half of the total area of the curtilage excluding the ground area of the original dwellinghouse",
"documentation-url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/289/pdfs/uksi_19770289_en.pdf",
"permitted-development-right-part": "I",
"permitted-development-right-class": "3"
}© Crown copyright and database right 2026
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