Garden Rooms: Planning Issues
Before you go ahead and create your ideal garden room or garden studio there are a number of things you must first consider. How to get an electricity supply to your garden room is a concern, as are water supply and heating arrangements. Sometimes it may be more cost effective to create a separate heating system for your garden room.
The greatest issue undoubtedly has to be obtaining planning permission and building regulation approval. Many garden rooms do not need planning permission, but you cannot take that for granted and it is always best to check with your local planning office, as well as your garden room contractor.
Whether or not you need planning permission depends upon the materials with which you are building the garden room, and whether it can be considered a house extension or not. That is where your local planning department comes in, and they will have will have the expertise to advise you accordingly.
Cost is, as ever, a major controlling factor with any big project, and most people who decide to build their ideal garden room or garden office will be looking at getting the best deal possible. However, it is always worth considering what you are going to use your garden room for before you decide on materials. A garden room that is only to be used in summer will need a lot less insulation than one that you intend on using all year round. If it is be used as a garden home office, then damp proofing is also advisable.
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