Garden Office/Room - any advice welcomed!

coughdrops

Hope this is in the right place, I had a search but I couldn't find a similar query.

We are considering adding a garden office behind the house we're buying. We've been browsing the different suppliers online, we'll probably go for one of the wooden cabin types. We're looking at max 5mx3m.

Can we just put it in the garden without any planning/notifying council?
We want to put it along the boundary wall (with a gap between, not tight to the wall), which is about 6ft high, so does the fact that it is higher than the wall cause an issue?

We will chat to neighbours beforehand, but can they put in an objection to stop it? We don't want to get off on wrong-foot just as we move in!

Don't mind going through the correct process, its just that I can't find it!
We're in South Dublin Co Co.

BryanF

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/si/600/made/en/print#sched2

Read schedule 2, part 1, (exempted development regs)

coughdrops

Thank you Bryan - appreciate it!

Aidan Harney

Not sure if you're buying or building.
If building, there's a super thread on boards.
Called..
My garden Room Build.
In...
DIY.

Good luck.
A

coughdrops

I've seen that thread, it is brilliant!

We'd be buying.

Stanford

A shed of that size would be exempted development and would not require planning provided it is NOT used for someone to sleep in or live in, if it is used as an office then it needs to fulfill the Building Regs as regards ventilation, heating etc.

Best to have a chat with the neighbour about the height issue and make sure excess rainwater does not flow into the neighbours property.

coughdrops

BryanF wrote: »

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/si/600/made/en/print#sched2

Read schedule 2, part 1, (exempted development regs)

Am I right in saying a stand alone wooden room would come under Class 3?
I get bamboozled by it all

"CLASS 3

The construction, erection or placing within the curtilage of a house of any tent, awning, shade or other object, greenhouse, garage, store, shed or other similar structure."

coughdrops

Stanford wrote: »

A shed of that size would be exempted development and would not require planning provided it is NOT used for someone to sleep in or live in, if it is used as an office then it needs to fulfill the Building Regs as regards ventilation, heating etc.

Best to have a chat with the neighbour about the height issue and make sure excess rainwater does not flow into the neighbours property.

Thank you - yes we will speak to them beforehand, hopefully they are ok with it.

We're happy to make sure it is fitted out properly, just wanted to make sure it was a runner at all. I was a bit afraid I'd go to a showroom, get dazzled by a sales pitch and end up buying some yoke we're not allowed.

Stanford

You may be in trouble if you run a business from it as then you will need to be mindful of parking, noise etc. No problem for use as a personal office

coughdrops

Mostly will be used by DH for the hobbies (very quiet nerdy hobbies) that run the risk of taking over the house.

Neighbours should be glad of it actually, they won't have to listen to me give out when I trip over something, if it is all self-contained outside

Stanford

Good man, if you can afford it the metal sheds require no annual maintenance whereas the timber ones are a pain in the ass, also you really should put down a layer of concrete screed with a damproof membrane as a foundation, don't just put it on top of grass!!

Stanford

See attached

https://www.steeltechsheds.ie/concrete-bases/

Gumbo

coughdrops wrote: »

Mostly will be used by DH for the hobbies (very quiet nerdy hobbies) that run the risk of taking over the house.

Neighbours should be glad of it actually, they won't have to listen to me give out when I trip over something, if it is all self-contained outside

Sounds ancillary to the main dwelling then so the normal shed exemptions apply.