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If your home is within a conservation area, then you may not construct a garden room to the side of your home without obtaining planning permission. The restrictions relevant to other types of designated land do not apply which simplifies matters. So, other than not being able to build to the side of your home with planning permission the normal considerations apply.

Covenants restrict certain actions on your property, often with the aim of preserving the appearance of an area. They can be for a limited time or apply to both new and old homes. You will need to take advice from a solicitor if there are covenants in your deeds that might prevent the construction of a garden room.

Of course you can! We can include an ethernet socket in your garden room, so you can get an external grade CAT 6 network cable running from your house router to the garden room. This will usually follow the same route as your main power cable – we can quote for this after your free design consultation.

As they’re normally installed under permitted development rights, you can’t live in them without applying for Building Regulation compliance and , which we don’t currently offer.

Yes, and we offer a complete electrical installation in the garden room. We provide a quote for connection separately, which will be confirmed following your design consultation. Alternatively, you can arrange your own connection.

Yes but you’ll need planning permission. We can secure this for you subject to an additional charge.

Yes, they’re so well insulated that they can be used throughout the year. All our garden rooms benefit from the thermal expertise that our parent company, Potton, uses to build houses, and also come with a heater for those rare snowy days!

Take a moment to have a big cheer, because in most cases no, you don’t! Our garden rooms are normally covered by Permitted Development rules – even if your home happens to be in a conservation area. The situation is more complex if you live in a flat or your home is on ‘designated land’, but don’t let that get your spirits down. Our in-house planning experts will submit your application, subject to an additional charge.

If your home is a listed building, it has been rated of national importance in terms historic or architectural interest. Listed buildings feature on a register called the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or . The rules around listed buildings, mean that any garden building or outbuilding that is to be placed within the curtilage of a listed building will require planning permission.

There are additional matters to consider if your home is located on designated land, eg. national parks, the Broads, World Heritage Sites, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and conservation areas. If your home is within a national park, World Heritage Site, the Broads or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty then you need to obtain planning permission unless the garden building is less than 10m2 and more than 20m away from any wall of your home. If your home is within a national park, World Heritage Site, the Broads, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or a conservation area, then you may not construct a garden room to the side of your home without obtaining planning permission.

Our garden rooms are freestanding, but we can build as close as 500mm to any existing structure (including your fence or house!).