Hi…I’m looking at getting a bigger shed, garage, workshop in my garden to accommodate the growing projects…
Size will be around 3m x 5m with driveway access.
Has anyone been down this route and might recommend any type of structure or company or product…
Looking at reasonable insulation.
I have a LM3, Monza and Imola and want to get a V85 in there.
Thanks for your collective thoughts, and any pics.
Richard
Hello Richard, if you do not want to fall foul of your local authority planning authority it must not be forward of the front wall of your house. It cannot cover more than 50% of your rear garden.
If a flat roof it must be no greater than 3.0m high and if a pitched roof no greater than 4.0m high, however if it is within 2.0m of a boundary it cannot exceed 2.5m high. Eaves level maximum 2.5m in any case. No verandas or balconies also no raised platforms over 0.3m high.
If you are in designated land, national park, the Broads or an area of outstanding natural beauty you will need planning permission. Also if your house is a listed building you will need planning permission and listed building consent. Finally if you are in an area where there may be a planning condition, Article 4 Direction or other restriction that limits permitted development rights you will need planning permission.
You can find out more from your local authority planning department or on the national Planning Portal here
Best of luck 
Chris, thanks, this is great info, much appreciated.
I’ll be inclined to follow the permitted development route as this already meets my reqs but since my local authority are a nightmare with all things planning, I will check thoroughly…
Richard
Richard, if you keep the floor area below 30 sq m, at least 1.0m from any boundary and not a habitable structure (no sleeping out there!) it will also be exempt from the Building Regulations. If within 1.0m from a boundary you will have to give that wall fire resistance from both sides.
Good luck with your new yoga studio!
Hi, I built a double garage and fitted electric doors . Took me and a mate 3.5 days another week to paint 
I bought from a company called Dunster house …… brilliant
Check out their website
Dave on the red and gold one 
If your good at DIY, there was a chap on a tv programme a few weeks ago who built his own very nice shed (about 3mx4m) from downloaded plans that cost £15. Try an internet search 
That’s a good space, and a brilliant idea! I guess you don’t get the issue of condensation. I will see what my other half thinks… 
Good shout, I will take a look, it cant be that complicated…
Dave, thanks, I was looking at Dunsters as well, they have some good looking products, I’ll get in touch if I need someone to paint it 
If it is moveable it would not require planning permission, as it would be classed as a temporary structure, the same goes for a shipping container. The only time the local authority planning enforcement would take an interest though would be if a neighbour complained.
Condensation is usually caused by a lack of ventilation where warm moist air comes into contact with a cold surface and condenses, such as single glazing or uninsulated walls.
If you do insulate you must also provide ventilation otherwise the moisture will condense either outside of the insulation or within it (interstitial condensation). You will also need to provide an impervious vapour barrier on the inside of the insulation. to stop the water vapour passing through the insulation and condensing where you do not want it to!
Polythene sheet makes a good vapour barrier and should be lapped and taped at sheet joints, it will need protecting with hardboard at the least. Some insulated plasterboard has an integral vapour check in a layer of foil between the plasterboard and the insulation, this would work but is expensive.
Regarding condensation, I have to admit, winter time is not-so-problem-free; when temperature goes through zero, humid condensates on the ceiling, freezes there and then, the morning after, sort of lazy shower comes. I learnt to cover my tool box, anyway, and I don’t put anything like cardboard, natural fabric etc on the upper shelves. But bright daylight inside is a thing I wouldn’t sacrifice - just see the pic. Happy times in last ten years of ownership, and no complains, apart from abovementioned winter-time issue.
Good guidnace Chris950s on planning rules.
I live in a National Park with some slighty different rules - outbuildings need permission if in front or side of dwelling but not if built to the rear and the stuff about height still applies.
As to othe coments on condensation then I have a dehumidifier in mine that keeps it below 80% and I get no rust on the lathe or other tools as a result.
These are worth considering.
I also do have a heater in case temperature falls to zero as I have some steam engines in there as well as bikes ad freezing could be husgely damaging even is water drained from the boilers.
Thanks for the tip on the dehumidifier, I’d thought about those but wasn’t sure they worked adequately. I love the fact that you have steam engines as well! That sounds like a great space! 
It is 40 SqM workshop so quite spacious.
Back in the days when the V-Twin Rally was at Fordingbridge they had a ride out to my place where I had a couple of steam locomotives running on the garden railway and took loads of folks for rides behind them.
Hi Richard,
I don’t know where you are in the country, but I have an 18’x7’ mono pitch shed I will be selling.
It is about 8 years old. It is lined and fitted with sockets, and has double doors wide enough to get bikes in. The floor is covered with heavy duty workshop tiles.
It was my bike shed, but I have different arrangements now.
I am in the east Devon.
Let me know if that is of any interest.
Peter.
Thanks Peter, if we were closer (East Berks) it could be an option, good luck with the sale.
Thanks. No problem.
Pete.
