Do I need planning permission for a garden room?

• 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* 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.

 

 

Do I need building regulations approval for a garden room?

1) Building Regulations do not usually apply unless you want to sleep in it

2) Under 15 square meters internal floor area can be installed close to any rear boundary

3) Over 15 square meters and up to 30 square meters needs to be a minimum 1m from any boundary*

If you want to put up small detached buildings such as a garden shed, garden room or summerhouse in your garden, Building Regulations (except Part P for Electrical works) will not normally apply if the floor area of the building is less than 15 square metres INTERNAL and contains NO sleeping accommodation.

If the INTERNAL floor area of the building is between 15 square metres and 30 square metres, you will not normally be required to apply for building regulations approval, providing that the building contains NO sleeping accommodation, and is either at least one metre from any boundary, or it is constructed substantially of non-combustible materials. (*As a solution to this it is possible to coat the cedar cladding of your garden room with a non-combustible Intumescent paint for timber and wood, derivatives are available in Water and Solvent based forms with fire ratings of 30, 60 minutes.)

In many cases, these structures will be exempt from requiring approval under the Building Regulations if they meet certain exemption criteria.

View ‘Is building regulations approval needed for an outbuilding?’ on Gov.uk

 

 What services are included in the cost of the product?

The services that are included in the cost of your purchase will be specified in the product description and the terms and conditions of the brand of the product you wish to purchase. Please read the product description carefully before purchasing and feel free to contact our team should you have any queries using our chatbot, our email service or giving us a call. Our office times are 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday excluding bankholidays. 

Payments and how they work

If you wish to purchase your product in full that is possible and available on the checkout cart page. 

However should you wish to split the cost, the first payment is a 30% deposit. You will then receive an invoice for the next 60% due two weeks before the delivery of the product (for Garden Hideouts and Ornate Garden) or due one week prior to deliver for Huuden. The final 10% will be invoiced and bue once your order had been delivered or once the instullation from the brand installing your order has been completed.