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Garden
Buildings and Log Cabins Extract from: Planning, A guide for
Householders (Published by the Department of the Environment, Transport
& the Regions). 3rd September 2002.
Many kinds of buildings and structures can be built in your
garden without the need to apply for planning permission. These can include
sheds, garages, greenhouses/potting sheds. Accommodation for pets and domestic
animals, summer houses, swimming pools, ponds, sauna cabins, enclosures
(including tennis courts), and many other kinds of structure. You will need to
apply for planning permission if any of the following cases apply:
*
You want to put up a building or structure, which would be nearer
to any highway than the nearest part of the original house, unless
there would be at leaset 20 metres between the new building and the highway.
The term highway includes public roads, footpaths, bridleways, and
byways.
* More than half the area around the original
house would be covered by additions or other buildings.
*
The building or structure is not to be used for domestic purposes,
and is instead, for example for parking a commercial vehicle, running a
business or storing goods in connection with a business.
*
You want to put up a structure which is more than 3m high, or 4m if
it has a ridged roof.
* If you plan to build your BBQ hut
within 5m of your house, it may be deemed to be an extension. If you have
already extended your property under permitted development the hut will be
included in your permitted development allowance. This rule is that the total
extension volume may not exceed 30% of the original volume of the
house.
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