Say, like the one Weird Uncle Niggle recently built for his machine tools? I've measured up my coal-cellar/garden-shed in an effort to start thinking of replacing them with a workshop/motorcycle shed. They share a common front, towards the back of my land, with the coal-cellar's external dimensions being 1260 mm deep x 1130 wide; the shed is 2360x2070. | ---------- |- | | |D | | H |O | | O |O | | U |R --------- | S |- | | | E | | CC | GS | | Gate | | | |=======| | | | ------------------- | |F ________| |E ---- |N LAWN | | |C ---- |E The notch for'ard of the coal cellar accommodates some space around the front door and the gate to the back yard is alongside. I then have 8830 mm space to where my garden abuts onto a block of council lock-ups; the lawn continues down the side of the lockups. So if I were to continue the profile back to that boundary I could have an ~1260x1130 tool shed with external access (for mowers, etc), an office ~2360x2070, and a w/s bike shed 3200x8800 mm. I can't widen the shed bit for some way past the current coal shed as there's a sewer/grease-trap access hatch in line with the gate. Big enough, d'you think? I think I'll need planning permission, especially if I take it right to the boundary with the lockups. :-( The alternative would be to convince the council to sell me the lockups as my land surrounds them on two sides; I have doubts that'd fly. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
You can build a structure on your "garden" as long as it doesn't take up more than half the area. That's the simple version, anyhow; there are also conditions around designated areas and village boundaries and stuff. Check out the Planning Portal for the regs - when I wake up, I'll see if I can find some useful URLs. Ali
Dr Ivan D. Reid wrote: I could have I don't see why you can't include the hatch inside a structure. I've got an airtight tiled one in my kitchen floor. I'm not sure where the road is in your diagram but, boundaries can be built up to 2m if they are at the back of the garden or if the boundary is at the side, but if the boundary fronts a highway of any kind it must not exceed 1m. In the rear garden, any structure that is less than 3m in height with a flat roof or 4m if it has a ridge roof, and takes up less that half the area of the garden and is 5m away from the house does not require planning.
"Move to a less pikey area" IIRCC you've had both your bikes nobbled there, so If you put fancy sheds and machine tools/Equipment in there, won't you become even more of a target for the local scrotes ? Just a thought, like ... P.
Side boundary is about 3 m to the right of the fence, with a footpath then the road. I think I'd like to go right to the wall of the Council lockups. The sheds I'm replacing are about 1 m from the house (just wide enough to get a DT175's mirrors through), but I don't know if replacements are exempt from the 5 m rule. I obviously plan to consult professionals once my ideas are more solid (but not before they set!). http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~eesridr/property.PNG is a rough sketch. -- Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
