Comments on: Do I Need Planning Permission For A Shed?

By: ?

Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:19 +0000

I believe you’ll be OK. No planning permission needed.

By: NEIL K

NEIL K — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:19 +0000

no its classed as temporary

By: Coolpand

Coolpand — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:19 +0000

By: semisata

semisata — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:18 +0000

If its a timber structure then its classed as a temporary structure!
If not you need permission!

By: Jake P [UK]

Jake P [UK] — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:18 +0000

no you dont need planning permission unless you are in rented accomodation,if so you will have to ask your landlord,but if you own the property then no you dont need planning permission
-jake

By: badassbi

badassbi — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:18 +0000

Not if its a timber shed…
If you are a council tenant, you will need there permission to erect a shed, but it should be just a minor formality…

By: saint sean

saint sean — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:18 +0000

Definitely not friend.

By: BC

BC — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:18 +0000

contact your local council to be on the safe side, you never know. if you build one without permission, then someone complains and tells your council, you will have to take it down, if you don’t they will do it for you.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:18 +0000

Generally no. but check to see if there are prohibitions against them. My son lives in a plat that does not allow any out buildings of any kind. Check first.

By: Budge

Budge — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:03:17 +0000

You seem to have done a bit of research or spoken to the Council judging by what you say in your question. It is just the bit about being less than 20 metres from the highway that I am struggling with. The 20 metre rule comes into play when the shed is to be closer to the highway than the house, i.e. in a front garden. Where this is to be the case then the shed has to be 20 metres or more back from that highway. In most domestic circumstances where the shed is to be sited in the back garden (not side though on a corner plot) and there is no highway at the bottom of the plot then this is not an issue.
The volume of the shed together with any other outbuildings in the garden (other sheds, summer houses, garages etc) must not cover more than 50% of the total garden area.
The only other things to watch out for are restrictive covenants on deeds or the removal of “permitted development” rights when your property was granted planning permission originally. Also, if the property is Listed or within a Conservation Area, the rules are different.
Hope that helps but check out the website if you need professional assistance.