Garden home office/wooden building/timber barn company in Surrey/Sussex: Gembuild, Horsham, West Sussex

Garden home office specifications

FAQ's

Planning
There have recently been changes to the planning for outbuildings. The following is an extract from the planning website www.planningportal.gov.uk

“Under the new regulations outbuildings are considered to be permitted development
subject to the following limits and conditions.”

No outbuilding on land forward of a wall forming the principal elevation.
Outbuildings and garages to be single storey with a maximum eaves height of 2.5 metres and maximum overall height of four metres with a duo pitch roof or three metres for any other roof.
Maximum height of 2.5 metres in the case of a building, enclosure or container within 2 metres of a boundary of the curtilage of the dwellinghouse.
No verandas balconies or raised platforms.
No more than half the area of land around the original house would be covered by additions or other buildings.
In National Parks, the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and World Heritage Sites the maximum area to be covered by buildings more than 20 metres from the house to be limited to 10 square metres.
On designated land, buildings at the side of properties will require planning permission.
Within the curtilage of listed buildings any outbuilding will require planning permission.
Please note the permitted allowances described here apply to houses not flats, maisonettes or other buildings.
The changes have made it easier to position your garden room nearer the house. This is particularly helpful when using your garden room for ancillary bedrooms.
We have addressed the height restrictions when closer than 2m to the boundary by introducing our “twenty five”option which by using a flattish box beam roof reduces all our Mini Barns and Synchros to under 2.5m.The roof on these has a wide overhang which gives the building a pleasing chalet appearance.

If you have any doubts please consult your local planner. They are normally very helpful.
If you get stuck, please ring us and we will talk to them.

Delivery costs
We keep these as reasonable as possible and will advise cost when we know your location.

Service connections
With the electric and water (if applicable) these are fairly straight forward and the cost will depend upon where you site your unit and its proximity to the main house.

With the Capel you will need to check the level of your existing sewage system prior to ordering to ensure that a gravity pipe can be laid if this is not possible you will need a pumped system.

Terms

25% with order. 35% for Gembeam range.
Residual amount to be paid by cheque upon delivery.

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