After receipt of Kocan

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
11/02/2008 18:55

Can anyone tell me if there are any planning restrictions on what you do to your property after you have your Kocan. We'd like to cover in some of the outside areas ie. put garage doors on the area underneath the house and put roof tiles on some of the pergolas.

Thanks

Karen

dodger



Joined: 29/07/2007
Posts: 1895

Message Posted:
11/02/2008 20:31

Hi Karen,

I dont think that you are allowed to change the structure of the building i know that we cant on ours,

Paul.

paul90


Joined: 07/11/2007
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
11/02/2008 20:52

Offically the covered area must not be more than 20% of the land area.

Hence, on a plot 25m x 40m = 1000sqm then you cannot go above 200sm covered floor space.

This also includes outside covered terraces.

If you are less than 20% then go ahead and cover up to that percentage.

You could just leave terraces uncovered for a year or so and then just take a chance and do it.

paul90


Joined: 07/11/2007
Posts: 350

Message Posted:
12/02/2008 10:14

Just to clarify my comments above.

The 20% rule is for villas in the country.

For villas "in town" and apartments different rules apply.

Best to get accurate advice from advocate or reputable estate agent.

orangekazzie



Joined: 31/07/2007
Posts: 1091

Message Posted:
12/02/2008 13:02

Thank you to both Pauls for the response. Our Kocan was granted over a year ago so we may go ahead and hope the Tapu men don't come out again. The worse they could do is tell us to remove it after all.

Karen