Log cabin recommendations

That'll have to be one hell of a pole then!!

 

TLDR; nope!

Planning and building control don't appear to talk to each other much!

"Permitted Development" is a term that planning concern themselves with and essentially means no planning permission is needed provided I stick to under 2.5m in height as I'm less the 1m from the boundary, and don't exceed 50% of the available land around the house. Beyond that for the build I'm doing Planning don't really care.

Building control varies council to council but in Poole under 15m2 you're exempt from building regs. Under 30m2 you can still be exempt provided "the building is constructed substantially of non-combustible material". I spoke to building control at BCP and they confirmed it would be exempt provided the walls facing the boundary are "clad internally and externally with a non-combustible material to qualify as being substantially non-combustible". I'm cladding those walls externally with a box profile steel sheet, and internally with fireproof plasterboard which they were happy with.

 

Baz is checking whether his leotard still fits. Don't want any "popping out" like last time

 

Redwood Telegraph...

 

Here is a link to a guide on permitted development rights if anyone is interested. You can build some fairly large buildings within these regulations. I have built a 9m x 6.5m garage workshop tall enough for a two post ramp inside within the rules of permitted development.
https://assets.publishing.service.g...e/830643/190910_Tech_Guide_for_publishing.pdf

 

Not far off being watertight on the garden room build now with all the walls and roof framework finished.
I got the rubber roof on over the weekend and started on the soffits/facias but no piccies yet.

 

Dunster House. Based just out side of Warminster,Wiltshire. They have a good range of sheds/cabins/ garden rooms. We bought one and assembled it ourselves in three days, including putting the roofing felt on. I think we paid £1500 for it, bit there are many different options depending on what package you buy. We then ran an armoured cable from a separate consumer unit in the garage, to a consumer unit into the shed. I run a Chinese diesel heater in it, in the winter, just to take the chill off, but like many sheds, it tends to get filled up with everyone’s ‘junk’. ( must clear it out and have a few boot sales).

 

I did consider a Dunster house build but ended up going down the self-build route.

 

a big price difference ..?

 

Self-build will be more expensive but the end result should be worth it as it'll be fully insulated, plaster boarded etc.

 

Surely though, if you just bought the cabin as I did, then do the internal work as you say yourself, it will be much easier and cheaper?

 

It wasn't really about doing this on the cheap. The build quality should be better with this approach plus I can build it to suit the space available.
For the basic structure there probably isn't much in it price wise between the two approaches to be fair, I'm just taking this a bit further than a shed structure as the interior will end up looking like a room in your house.

 

Hopefully, it will be tidier..

 

It needs to be as currently I have upholstery related items occupying our garage, conservatory, back room, living room and the workshop!

 

Yes. I have a lot of things in places, that shouldn’t be, too. Was even thinking of putting another shed up.