The garage has been there about 4 years, house is a few hundred years old. Having looked at the info on the planning portal, I couldn't find clear advice on outbuildings attached to other outbuildings. My local council planning dept are not approachable, last time I asked for advice for a different project they just said to put in a pre application, which I did then a while later they said I would need to submit planning application to find out for sure, and that was just for a porch.