Planning Permission

An Oak framed garage or other outbuildings such as swimming pools, sauna cabins, sheds, kennels, enclosures (including tennis courts) and many other kinds of structure for a purpose incidental to the enjoyment of the dwellinghouse may not require planning permission subject to the following conditions: • No outbuilding on land forward of a wall forming the principal elevation. • Outbuildings and garages to be single storey with maximum eaves height of 2.5 metres and maximum overall height of four metres with a dual pitched roof or three metres for any other roof. • Maximum height of 2.5 metres in the case of a building, enclosure or container within two metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the dwellinghouse. • No verandas, balconies or raised platforms. • No more than half the area of land around the "original house" would be covered by additions or other buildings. • In National Parks, the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Sites the maximum area to be covered by buildings, enclosures, containers and pools more than 20 metres from house to be limited to 10 square metres. • On designated land such as National Parks & Conservation areas, - Buildings, enclosures, containers and pools at the side of properties will require planning permission. • Within the curtilage of listed buildings any outbuilding will require planning permission. This garage with a catslide roof at the rear of the building, is designed to be under 4m in height and was built without the need for planning permission i.e. Under Permitted Development You should always check with you local planning authority to make sure that you are able to build - We can supply drawings for you to take to your local council or we can provide a full planning service.