Huge outbuilding / annexe, planning route VS permitted development route....

[kronier]

Hello all!

 

I'm planning a garden recording studio project and I have a dream idea which requires planning permission and then a fallback idea which is less desirable but which can be done under permitted development rights.... but I would love to get opinions on the feasibility of my dream idea before I get my hopes up!

 

I have a big garden.... 10m wide by 30m long so under permitted development rights, I could easily just build two timber construction 30m2 permitted development outbuildings leaving 2m of garden space around them so I can build a 4m high dual pitched roof on each with 2.5m eave hight, and then connect the two buildings together with a glass walkway.... one building is the studio room, the other is the live room. No plumbing. Done in under a month. Building regs exemption. Easy. However this is not very desirable because it will hog a huge amount of my garden space and my family would be begrudging of this idea. It would probably have to be removed when I move house or may even reduce the value of the house because it is a bizarre addition for anyone who doesn't want a recording studio in their garden.

 

The dream option would definitely need planning permission but would be much better! So this would be a two story building at the bottom of the garden so I can have the studio room upstairs with windows overlooking only my garden and the live room on the ground floor. It would be rendered block construction with a flat roof the building would stand 6.5m tall, 7m long and 5m wide and I would add plumbing. This could then be seen as a granny annexe and would add value to the house and would be a welcome addition to the family.

 

However, I'm skeptical that this sort of construction would be approved at all. What would be the chance of getting planning permission granted for a two story garden building of this kind? Basically zero? Or is this something which is actually feasible? Does anyone have any experience with this type of construction?

[jfb]

Do any comparable  neighbours have 2 storey garden buildings? If not it would be unlikely to be viewed favourably I suspect.

[kronier]

Nope, I would be the only one, so you think the chances would be practically zero?

[Mr Punter]

Maybe a 1.5 storey chalet style with pitched roof would be better?  Can you get a sketch scheme done and have a chat to the planners?  Make sure it looks good.

 

If you made it, say, 6.8m x 6.8m you would have over 70m2 of floor space, 1.6m from the rear and side boundaries and be 21.6m from the existing house.