Hello all, well this is my 1st major construction project outside, so will probably need all the help i can get.
Basically i have a driveway that runs alongside my house, which is too narrow to park a car in it and easily get in/out, so at the moment, it is affectively wasted space.
I dont have much storage space outside, so this will make an ideal location to put a large shed come workshop. It should make the garden more secure as well. The space I can use without covering any windows measures 5.8 x 2.5 metres, so a decent size, and equals 14.5 square metres.
As I doubt if i could buy a shed that maximises this space, and has windows in the right place, I thought I would attempt to do a custom build.
My 1st thought was a lean-to build, using the side of the house as one side, however after spending hours on the planning portal, I dont think I can do this. Basically if I have interpreted it correctly, either a lean to, or a detached structure of this size is OK under permitted development, but a lean to is classed as an extension, which requires building regs. Not sure which building regs apply, but i presume it will cost me more than the extra in making a detached shed.
I am also after a transparent roof as the two long sides will not have any windows, due to the house wall on one side and the boundary fence on the other.
So any comments about the general idea, and also, more specifically, two sides are not going to be accessible on the outside, so is there a suitable treatment available so that it does not require maintenance?
Basically i have a driveway that runs alongside my house, which is too narrow to park a car in it and easily get in/out, so at the moment, it is affectively wasted space.
I dont have much storage space outside, so this will make an ideal location to put a large shed come workshop. It should make the garden more secure as well. The space I can use without covering any windows measures 5.8 x 2.5 metres, so a decent size, and equals 14.5 square metres.
As I doubt if i could buy a shed that maximises this space, and has windows in the right place, I thought I would attempt to do a custom build.
My 1st thought was a lean-to build, using the side of the house as one side, however after spending hours on the planning portal, I dont think I can do this. Basically if I have interpreted it correctly, either a lean to, or a detached structure of this size is OK under permitted development, but a lean to is classed as an extension, which requires building regs. Not sure which building regs apply, but i presume it will cost me more than the extra in making a detached shed.
I am also after a transparent roof as the two long sides will not have any windows, due to the house wall on one side and the boundary fence on the other.
So any comments about the general idea, and also, more specifically, two sides are not going to be accessible on the outside, so is there a suitable treatment available so that it does not require maintenance?
