Garden structures (including buildings, enclosures, pools and containers)

Garden structures (including buildings, enclosures, pools and containers)

You will need planning permission for:

  • Containers with capacity greater than 3,500 litres
  • Structures forward of the principal elevation of the house
  • Structures higher than four metres to the ridge line
  • Structures to the side of the house
  • Verandas and balconies
  • Raised platforms more than 300mm high

Other development may be permitted development if the following conditions are met:

  • Dual-pitched structures, such as a building with a gable-ended roof, must not exceed four metres high
  • Structures within two metres of boundary must not exceed 2.5 metres high
  • Other structures must not exceed three metres high
  • Eaves heights must not exceed 2.5 metres high
  • Curtilage structures greater than 10 square metres and more than 20 metres from any wall of the house will exclude further permitted development under this class
  • Total ground area covered by structures in curtilage must not exceed 50 per cent of curtilage area (excluding house area)