sque1989
2022-12-03 16:28:28
- #1
Hello everyone,
we would like to buy a plot of land and build on it. It is a slight slope (on average about 10%, with the first 3 meters steeper than the rest). We want to build a bungalow with a slab-on-grade foundation. Now we would like to avoid excavating the plot extensively, but rather simply level it at the top and place the bungalow on it, so that the floor (or the slab) of the house, I estimate, will be about 2 meters above the street.
The development plan specifies different building heights (a bungalow is possible, and there is already one next door), but there is a paragraph stating something about a maximum height of the floor above the street level.
At a consultation appointment (construction company), we were told yesterday that this rule only applies to building with a basement, because it is only listed there (left column) in the drawing. However, I do not see this restriction in the text itself.
We would very much appreciate an assessment of how this paragraph should be interpreted. Are we allowed to place our bungalow 2m above the street edge?
Attached is a screenshot of the corresponding paragraph in the development plan.
Many thanks!
we would like to buy a plot of land and build on it. It is a slight slope (on average about 10%, with the first 3 meters steeper than the rest). We want to build a bungalow with a slab-on-grade foundation. Now we would like to avoid excavating the plot extensively, but rather simply level it at the top and place the bungalow on it, so that the floor (or the slab) of the house, I estimate, will be about 2 meters above the street.
The development plan specifies different building heights (a bungalow is possible, and there is already one next door), but there is a paragraph stating something about a maximum height of the floor above the street level.
At a consultation appointment (construction company), we were told yesterday that this rule only applies to building with a basement, because it is only listed there (left column) in the drawing. However, I do not see this restriction in the text itself.
We would very much appreciate an assessment of how this paragraph should be interpreted. Are we allowed to place our bungalow 2m above the street edge?
Attached is a screenshot of the corresponding paragraph in the development plan.
Many thanks!