Garden office planning permission.

Planning Permission Checklist.

"Under what circumstances will my garden office or garden guest room need planning permission?”  

It will need PP if it falls into one or more of the following categories:

A.If you live in an AONB, Conservation Area, National Park,Norfolk Broads or a listed building you will need PP for any structure with a volume greater than 10 cubic metres.

B.The building is for other than domestic use. For example, you may not need planning permission for a personal home office, but if you want an office in which you intend to employ other people you may need PP.

C.If the building has a monopitch roof and is more than 3m high or a ridged roof and is more than 4m high.

D.If your garden building is within 20 metres of a highway or footpath and closer to that highway or footpath than your house is. Typically this situation occurs if you live on a corner or have a lane or footpath running past the bottom of your garden.

E.If more than 50% of your garden will be covered with outbuildings.

F. If your building is a 'granny annexe' that will be a completely separate dwelling with its own access to the street, own garden etc.

Thank you for using our garden office checklist. We hope you found it helpful.