To apply for planning or to not apply for planning? UK home build sim garden room

[murraymint85]

Hi all

Got the green light for my golf sim at the end of our garden! We have plenty of space and I can even fit a 5m width room in, whilst staying 2m away from all of the neighbours boundaries! .......the issue may be ceiling height..........here in the UK (2m from boundary) max eaves height is 2.5 M and can go up to 4m in the centre. Even with a dual pitched roof (which adds to the cost compared to a flat roof) I am worried about ceiling height whilst swinging driver with a centred sim. Anyone else build within permitted development and can offer advice?

Alternatively, how easy was planning permission to get for any of you that applied? We are in the green belt around London which is my main concern it will be rejected.

Thanks

[Kmurray]

Heres a link to where this was discussed previously. I started out building within permitted development but got cold feet when the build started , fearing it may not comply.
We got a planning specialist to survey and offer an opinion and his advice was apply for planning which we did. He said that the permitted development guidance is not exhaustive and there are things that are not mentioned in the guidance that can compromise whether it is compliant or not.
It delayed the completion a bit but am glad that I did get permission.
Good Luck.

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/golf-simulator-forum/simulator-builds/296245-planning-uk-outside-build

[murraymint85]

Really useful to hear thanks. We have had planning rejected twice on a possible house extension as the house had already been previously extended since 1948 and they didn’t want to “compromise the openness of the gelt belt” (extension would have not increased the footprint of the house and couldn’t been seen from The front of the house).

For these reasons a bit wary about asking for permission and I will see what the builder can do with a dual pitched roof With the ridge running horizontally and maybe dropping the floor a bit. Even the architect (who drew the extension plans up that got rejected) said that he would proceed under permitted development when I asked him if he thought planning would get through for the garden room………I shall update as things progress.

[jasonreg]

Knowing nothing about the local codes and inspectors in the UK, I am not sure you will get much advice here - at least from me. That said, I would hate to invest all the time and energy (and expense) into something I may get ordered to move, alter or worse remove completely. I have always found the permit process surprisingly easy to navigate - always better to have them on your side IMO. Good Luck!

[Bob Ferguson]

My 1st thought as a contractor would be to sink it down into ground a bit. But that may seem daunting and expensive with the other issues that arise. Maybe a mansard roof ? That way the center could be flat.