Permitted Development PDG3 extract

PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development)
Order 2005
Erection of a greenhouse/garden shed/summer house within the curtilage of a dwelling.
Under the above Order, you may, without planning permission, erect a greenhouse, garden shed or summer house outside a Conservation Area or the curtilage of a Registered Building, provided that on completion of the operations;
for a GREENHOUSE;
(a) there would be no more than one greenhouse within the curtilage of the dwelling;
(b) the height of the greenhouse would not exceed 2.8m above ground level;
(c) the area of ground covered by the greenhouse would not exceed 15sq m;
(d) no part of the greenhouse would be between the dwelling and any highway which bounds the curtilage UNLESS you have sufficient garden or land that the structure could be erected at least 20m away from that highway bounding the curtilage;
(e) no part of the greenhouse would be nearer than 1m to any part of the dwelling;
(f) no part of the greenhouse would be over a public sewer; and
(g) no part of the greenhouse would be within 9m of the bank of any river designated as a Main River under the Land Drainage Acts.
The requirements are the same for a GARDEN SHED OR SUMMER HOUSE with the addition of a condition regarding the roof as follows;
(a) there would be no more than one garden shed or summer-house within the curtilage of the dwelling;
(b) the height of the garden shed or summer-house would not exceed 2.8m above ground level;
(c) the area of ground covered by the garden shed or summer-house would not exceed 15sq m;
(d) no part of the garden shed or summer house would be between the dwelling and any highway which bounds the curtilage UNLESS you have sufficient garden or land that the structure could be erected at least 20m away from that highway bounding the curtilage;
(e) no part of the garden shed or summer house would be nearer than 1m to any part of the dwelling;
(f) no part of the garden shed or summer-house would be over a public sewer;
(g) no part of the garden shed or summer-house would be within 9m of the bank of any river designated as a Main River under the Land Drainage Acts.
On condition that the roof shall be faced with wood or dark-coloured felt.
DEFINITION
“Highway” means “a highway maintainable at the public expense, which shall be construed in accordance with schedule 3 of the Highways Act 1986, and includes any part of a highway”, this includes a public footpath.

Extracted from The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development) Order 2005 PDG3
Classes 14 and 16. Statutory Document No. 671/05
2nd May 2006