brilliant video. Thanks It's so rare to watch a video as good as this one. It was a real help. Thanks.

Another great video! I hope you continue with this series. The 3-D representations really help with the explanations.

Great video! Well done and thank you!

Appreciated for a clear demonstration.

These videos have been great info. Thanks for doing them

What a brilliantly explained video. Answered so many of my questions.espesially the slope dimensions

What an amazing video! Thank you so much for making this 🙏

Really useful vid. Thank you for uploading it.

Well-explained - congratulations.

Thank you for your advice

Best advice video on KZfaq

Excellent video. It Helped me right out with the elevation. My garden drops away and I was worried about the max height I could build my outhouse. But now knowing I can take the height from the back of the house and not the land where the outhouse will go has helped me. Thanks.

Great information! Unfortunately, in Scotland, height is measured from the lowest point of the ground adjacent to the building. I wish it was like the English system.

Great video 😊

thank you

Thanks for the videos, they are very informative. A semi detached house I'm looking at has a garage/out building attached to the house. It goes all the way along the party wall to the end of the garden where the garage door is. Would I would be able to convert this (under PD) into another bedroom with a small bathroom and kitchen as it would be a garage conversion? The only thing that concerns me is the current garage/outhouse does not have a full wall on the garden side, just a pillar. So the structure is the back of the main house at one end , the partly wall running along the side, the garage door at the other end, then a pillar half way along the garden side. Many thanks for your time

Great video, thank you, its very difficult to find a good breakdown of these rules regarding sloped gardens. I have a question, In the example you show on the sloped garden at 6mins 30. could you have a series of decking clad steps (or concrete steps) at the front that run the full length of the front build?, or are the steps only allowed in the area where the door is located?

Brilliant video this has answered many questions I didn't know I needed to ask. Can you advise in your example of the flat roof garage at 6:18 -how close/far away can the outbuilding be if it's 2.5m high? Your example looks very close to the side fence so I'm unsure what the rules state about the proximity to the boundary?

I have a corner plot with the road wraps around the house as it’s one street would the principal elevation wrap around the as well or just to the front. Great video 👌🏼

hi, can i remove red brick wall fence? it is 3 meter away from road. i would like build one store extra room size 3meter wide and 5.5 meter long, 16.5 square meter, without planning permission. garden door i will not remove, it gonna be separate building with concrete metal bars, stones, red hard bricks, my house semidetached size 9 meter long, 5.5 meter wide, 49.5 square meter. the law says 50% footprint width allowed build without building control, my house wide 5.5meter so i can build 2.75meter wide? or 3 meter will be ok too? thank you

Thank you, great video ! Are there Amy permitted development rights to develop out buildings that were already there when the property was built? I.e developing a garage into a usable space like a home office.

Great video well presented I have one question. When constructing a building closer than 2 m from the boundary on sloping ground it’s supposed to be no more than 2.5 m high but if this measurement is taken from the highest point of the slope by the time it gets to the back it’s more like 4 m high from the Neighbour view. So I would guess that the 2.5 m height rule doesn’t apply if the ground is sloping downhill ?

Brilliant video and explanation! Can I just ask if you know where boundary to building measurements are taken from when establishing the 1/2m distance rules? Is it the boundary to the closest part of the building (eg, if you have a roof overhang, the front of the fascia board/guttering closest to the boundary as this will be about a foot closer than the wall of the building, or is it simply boundary to wall? Reason I ask is I'm considering building a garden room with an overhanging roof.... possibly an open canopy for a hot tub and/or log store (I haven't decided but I digress) and am really just trying to figure out how to lay out the space available ensuring the appropriate spacing to comply with pd while also maximising the space available to me. I have a recessed area in my garden measuring 8.5m x 6m which has boundaries to 3 sides so I'm thinking a 6.5x5 metre build (allowing a metre all around to comply with regs/pd as the building will be less than 2.5 tall anyway but probably constructed of timber with a grp roof). Obviously, if the measurement is taken from the roofline and I do go with this then I can't build in an overhang - a feature I really wanted to try to enable soffit downlighters all the way around ) on the roof as it'll the be closer than a metre.... Either that or I change the dimensions further, or possibly just build 2 seperate 4x4m rooms so they can go right back to the boundary line (internal floor area

Great video, easy to understand especially when accompanied by the visuals! From my understanding the height of the outbuilding on sloping land is taken from the the elevation closest to the house which would mean you are buggered if the land sloped up as it gets further away from the rest elevation but you mentioned height being taken from highest point only, so whether land slopes down and away or up amd away from the rear of the house is irrelevant?

could you possibly do one on building regulations for outbuildings ? it think a lot of people over look that

A really useful video thanks. Can I ask please if a detached garage is built to the side of the house can it be built on the boundary line or is there a certain distance it has to be from the boundary line? To the side of the house is a side road but it is not the principal elevation. Thanks

Thanks for the video! I have a similar plot, I'm looking to build a garage but only have 3m to the boundary so wish it to be attached to the side of the house, I was planning to do in the style of a lean-to coming off the side wall with just a simple single pitch to the boundary, there would be no direct access from the property via the joining wall, simply want to make the most of the 3m gap that I have.. there is only a gravel track to the front, properties either side. As its attached to the main house would I need planning?

For an absolute beginner: What will I need to do to covert my small outhouse which is connected to an external garage into a living quarters for a renting (bedroom, toilet, kitchen)? How best to get planning permission etc? Sorry for my ignorance, I have no idea.

when you showed the building on a slope what if you where digging out a upward slope and within 1m of a boundary would the highest point of ground still be the case from where the eaves would be measured? thanks

Really helpful video. Do you know the planning rights for placing a wood fire stove for an outbuilding near a boundary

Can you only have flat roofs for outbuildings on the boundary? Surely a low sloped gable roof would be ok providing it's no higher than 2.5?

Hi there and thank you for the very informative video - when building up to the principal elevation is it ok for the roof edge to be in front of the principal elevation or not - in your video it looks like to roof of the outbuilding is forward of the principal elevation but the front wall is in line. Thank you.

Very well Explained. I am looking to building a snooker room which I wanted to build from wood with concrete base. max 2.5 m tall rear garden is massive so would cover only tiny amount of back garden. Size 7 x 5 metres (Minimum Size 6.7m x 4.80) Cant seem to find out anywhere if this is allowed under building regs or whether it would require full planning?

Thanks so much for this - so no outbuildings permitted AT ALL if Class Q agricultural conversion to dwellinghouse?? I think I assumed that as long as curtilage was treated as per Class Q (no bigger than footprint of building) that normal outbuilding rules would apply. Thank you for any advice :)

Great video, thank you. What if the ground from the rear boundary fence to the shed base is on a slight slope? My shed is under 2m from the boundary and I think it’s just under 2.5m high but need to check. If it’s slightly higher does the level for measuring start at the base of the boundary fence?

Very informative. Are you allowed to install ducts for srvices (water and drainage ect) incase the laws change?

Hi great video. What would the rule be if the side road was the same road of a corner plot in a cul-de-sac. Thanks in advance

Thank you, as always a very helpful video. Just a question please, with regards to the 50%, does that include land to the front elevation? Example, a drive to the front, a driveway to the side and a rear garden. Would the 50% be taken from the total land of all three or just the rear garden. Also, if there is a garage already built in the rear garden constructed same time house was built, would I require PP to demolish and rebuild as it is over 3 metres at ridge but not 2 metres from boundary, in fact only approximately 400mm. Thank you.

With the building at the rear you showed the ground level measured from the front (6:33) would you be able to dig down inside? For example, when the front door of the outbuilding is opened, you would walk down steps inside and so the inside floor is lower than ground level allowing an enlarged inside ceiling height?

Would appreciate your thoughts and experience please. I have a scenario similar to yours shown in 5:59 and 6:15 except the garden slopes left to right rather than front to back.. I would like to put a garden room on the boundary of my neighbour fence (No.1 ) to the rear. and to the boundary fence ( No. 2) of the side road, where the other neighbours houses are approximately 15m away from this boundary. My garden slopes left to right with the highest point being at fence line No. 1 and approximately 5.5m away from the boundary fence No.2, with a drop off to the boundary fence No.2 of approximately 0.5m in height. If assume that I measure the eaves height at the highest point, and installed either a pent or apex building (6m x 4m internal) then then the highest point at boundary fence No.2 would be approx 3m, would PD still apply or would I need planning permission ?

Hi, Thank you for making such great informative video! My property is very similar to the property in this video, it’s a semi bungalow, end plot, farmland to the front side and back. I would like to build a timber garden shed to the side of my property (side facing fields), about 4.5m x 3.5m no more than 2.5m in height and as close as possible to the boundary. There will be about 7m between the front of the shed and side of my house, it also won’t be past the front elevation of the house. My concern is that I’m in but on the edge of a conservation area. Do you think I need planning permission? Thanks

Thanks for the video this has been very helpful for our corner plot. I have been confused about whether we can install a shed on the side elevation which is also adjacent to a road, are you saying this is permitted as long as the outbuilding faces the front elevation/main highway ?

Re. Shed Height that is within 1 metre of boundary. What if it is on a slope? Ie. We are higher up than neighbour, our garden slopes toward the boundary by about a metre drop. From what I’ve read in permitted development there is a definition of height as taken from the highest point. Can you clarify please? Edit. I see you’ve got to this @6:35 Brilliant presentation.

Hi their, can you please do one of a terraced property side garden to male a large kitchen extension. Thank You.

very nice video…if the land is slope and the outbuilding is within the 2 metres where do measure the height? is it like in the eaves, where it is measured at the highest point? also does the roof have to be flat or can i pitch it as long as it doesnt exceed 2.5m. thanks

Great video! I’ve seen some contradictory information on other websites and from builders for the square meter floor space allowed and I need your help. On the gov website I can only see reference to the 50% curtilage rule (and my property doesn’t fall under the listed and area natural beauty rule). On a lot of other websites there seems to be 15-30 square meter rule. I want to create a workshop and a recording studio and make them as big as possible, given the 2m boundary and 50% curtilage rule, but don’t want to get hit with a hidden rule of no more than 30m2 if I can avoid it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I have a corner plot, I've built a garage in the back garden with planning consent, can I attach a small lean-to to it under permitted development?

Can a mid terrace have an outbuilding at the back of the house which will have a kitchen but no living space under permitted development rights? If so what is the max height/width if it’s built from back fence to the side fence with no gap. Thanks

Thank you for the attached vid. My current single garage is located to the rear of my property at the bottom of the garden .The garage forms a boundary to the residents to both the rear and side and I wish to extend it by 2metres and add a pitched roof do I need planning even though I have no objection from my neighbours.

Grat video! i had a different idea of these rules when i read them by myself. I have only one question, i have a house in the middle of a block, and to get to my house you have like a 30m walkway, so kinda hidden there. Do these Roads rules apply to me ?

If the site is sloping, could an outbuilding be split level internally, provided that the overall height doesn't exceed 2.5m where the land is highest outside? i.e. there would be one portion of the inside that has a ceiling height of circa 2.2m, and another portion that has say 2.8m

Hi there, what would the max height be if the proposed outbuilding was on the other side of the garden (left), less than 2m (or in our case, right up against the boundary fence), adjacent to two two-storey properties?

If you were to want a two storey outbuilding, would you have to apply via householder application?

So you will need planning permission for front elevation garage if you’ve got a decent size front garden ?

a quick question regarding the structure being built at the 6:30 minute mark. If the building is to be merely an outbuilding and not a garage, is it permissible to put the floor level at the lowest point and bring the 'front' exterior walls 'underground' if that makes sense so the building is semi-subterrainian thus increasing the effective internal height available while not including a second storey (just a very tall single storey)? hope this makes sense.

Hi, is the 2m boundary all around the outhouse ? I would like to build an outhouse similar to your video but in-line with my house which will have more than 2 meters from one neighbour but not the other side but inline with my house? In other words, moving the outhouse shown in your video to the other side of the garden

When building an attached garage to the side is there a size limit?

So a timber outbuilding without planning has to be 2meters inside of the boundary s at 2.5 metres high? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for video, best explanation ever. What software you are using for displaying 3D houses?

Question: Do you need permission from the council after you have constructed the garage you have built within pd rights, to drive over the land between the highway and the entrance of the garage itself? note drop kerb already in place and driveway has been in place and in use for years ( prior to house purchase) garden is turfed with slabs for the vehicle to travel on ( so permeable surface). caveat, there is an easement (a right of way) in place over an aspect of the route to the garage that is access for tradesmen, binmen and the neighbours themselves. problem: neighbours aren't fans of the garage and its route through our privately owned garden.

Thanks good video you explain it really well, I have a similar property to this but slightly bigger back garden and not listed or in a conservation area. If I was to build a bigger outhouse than 30sqm is it just a matter of applying to building control to get it passed and build it to the right regulations. Meaning it hasn’t got to get planning involved at all and if built correctly they can’t take down either? Second question Is the a limit on how many outbuildings you could do so if your back garden was massive could you build 2 or 3 outbuildings which were 30sqm internally but complying with all the other rules.?

Would be good if you did a video explaining Annexs

Hi. I have a bit of a wierd garden. There is a car park which I believe is classed as a highway, its not exacly a road but still. There is what you could say is a pavement, its got curb stones etc. Then you come to my boundary wall which from car park level is 0.9 m high, then you go down a path which slopes so the other end of the wall is 1.1m, then turn again 90° down another sloped path and its 1.6m. However the other side of the wall on my garden the ground level is lower so the wall from my side is 1.6m to 1.7m then to 1.8m. My question is, that wall is owned by me so can I build on the wall iteslf or do I need to build up to it and where would the 2.5m be classed from, my side or public side? The houses were all originally council houses and its a court going round in a horse shoe shape with a common bit for kids etc in the middle. The wall was from the original build when all the houses got built in 1977. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks. Edit I basically want to use the three existing walls, build one new wall but build all walls up 7 or 8 courses and put a roof on it for a grow room as business and if it doesnt go well then use it as a chill room to have friends round, will have sofa tv etc but no bedrooms or kitchen or even toilet, just an open space

If it is within 2m of a boundary, is the total height limit 2.5, so to the top of the roof or to the top of the eaves? I was looking at building a single slope roof outbuilding

Just found your video just have a question for you I already have a single garage but want to build a double would this need planning? Thanks for any help

Hi great video can I ask a question I sent a site and location plan with my development on to scale to local pd they have emailed me to say I can build the side extension under permitted development on my bungalow which is on the corner of 2 roads, I want to start on this ASAP my question is can they change there option at a later date and withdraw its approval and force me to take it down if say a number of local residents don’t approve I have read that I can apply for a lawful certificate but don’t want to put off starting on it your opinion will be most appreciated thanks

Hello , i got question if you don't mind. If i wanna build a garden room/Garage , Height of the building will be less than 2.5m and size of it will be 3x5 with will give me less than 15m2 interior. is this mean i can build as close to the boundary/fence as i want ? obviously is good to leave some space anyway but wanna make sure. And also if on above question answer is yes where i can find this information in written so none of my neighbors will complain this is just to cover myself. :)

Is it possible to build garage which faces the front elevation but with an entrance /driveway from the side elevation?

If I want to build a outbuilding games room at the front of my garden do I need planning permission or permitted development.

If I wanted to make an outbuilding close to the boundary no higher then 2.5m high. The area covered will be around 35sqm. This does not exceed more then 50% of my garden size. Will this be allowed?

MY FRONT GARDEN IS BIGGER THAN THE REAR ...SO CAN I BUILD A SMALL GARAGE THERE?

Love your videos. I hope you keep uploading the content 👍 very helpful just a quick question how can we contact you regarding if we need to ask you help for plan aur projects

I will be building a garage as in your video at 6:00 I live in a cul de sac with another road running to the rear of the house,so my garage up and over door will be to the opposite end to the one in your video, I can drive into it from the road at the rear. My neighbor has done the same but his garage is set back from the footpath by about 1.5 m Is there anything to say I cannot have my garage built right up to my boundary line? (I’m going to ask him when I see him next why he built it as is) Thanks

What about granny flat? Is it permitted development?

Great video as other have said. I have a question, I am planning a garden building to the side of my corner plot bungalow. The corner plot is a curve as we live in a Crescent, the garden building will not be further forwards than our Principal Elevation (we only have windows and doors at the front, not the side), but do you know how close to pavement and then highway we can build to at the side, our current plans would see the edge over 900mm from the pavement? Many thanks

The outbuilding I wanted to build is quite large (9x6=54 square meters) but still less then 50% of the garden, will this come under permitted development?

I want to build a garage in my side garden, however I’m in a development and my front street comes off the development road towards side elevation of my house. Front door of my house faces away from estate road towards the main road. My side garden where I want to build my garage is located in front of my front door, obviously away up in corner boundary. Would I get away with permitted development as my house is part of a housing development the side of my house facing its access road?

Can I ask? I have a cabin in my garden to the right and a metal shed to the left, both need replacing so rather than pay for another I want a block building with pitch roof on both how big can I go? On each outbuilding

Do you need permission to build underground garage?

Sounds like a copper reading my rights

Planning laws are stupid

Painful to watch