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Another not-gardening question. I have a very steeply sloped garden, with a raised decking area that predates me buying the house. It is pretty rotten now and needs replacing - I would love to do it more or less like-for-like, since it turns what would be a near-subterranean damp shade cave into a beautiful sunny patio-type thing. But I'm concerned it would need planning permission and don't want to throw money at something that would fail, or draw attention to the fact it doesn't currently have permission.
I can see the law says decking does not need planning permission if it is no more than 30cm above the ground level. The issue for me is that, due to the slope, my decking is currently at 0cm above ground level at the rear, but about 1.5m above ground level at the front. So it depends where you measure from - I've seen something saying it's from the highest point (so mine would be fine) but I'm not sure if that's official.
If needed, could I just fill the void underneath with soil to raise the ground level? Seems unlikely but I can't see why that wouldn't be allowed.