A complete planning application service for garden rooms, garden offices, sheds and outbuildings — drawings, planning statement, submission and ongoing agent support. From £395 + VAT.
Everything your council needs to grant planning permission — prepared, submitted and managed by a Chartered Town Planner. One fixed fee, drawings and planning statement included.
We assess your build against the Class E permitted development rules — height, eaves, location, curtilage, intended use — and tell you exactly which route applies and which conditions matter.
We identify the relevant Local Plan policies, the relevant national planning policy framework (NPPF in England, PPW in Wales, NPF4 in Scotland) and any supplementary guidance, and frame the application around them.
A complete drawing package — site location plan, block plan, existing and proposed floor plans, elevations and sections — produced in-house to council validation standards.
A comprehensive, policy-based planning statement that argues for approval on the planning grounds councils are required to weigh. Written from scratch by a Chartered Town Planner.
We complete the application form, certificates and CIL paperwork, then submit through the Planning Portal. Council application fees are paid directly by you to the council.
We act as your registered planning agent throughout determination — responding to officer queries, negotiating amendments and pushing for a decision.
Garden room, garden office, shed and outbuilding planning permission — with both the full planning application route and Certificate of Lawful Development covered.
Insulated, year-round garden rooms used as studios, hobby spaces, snugs or guest rooms. We handle the eaves and ridge height limits, distance from boundaries, ancillary-use questions and the conservation area / Article 4 quirks that push a garden room outside permitted development. Where you need a full garden room planning application, we prepare and submit the lot — drawings, statement and forms.
Garden offices for working from home — from compact pods to bespoke timber-frame builds. Class E usually covers them, but kitchenette and bathroom fit-out, intended use, broadband/data connections and any sleeping space all need handling carefully. We frame the use to keep it ancillary, or, where it isn't, prepare a full garden office planning application.
Storage sheds, bike sheds, tool stores, log stores, workshops and large garden sheds. Most are permitted development — but height within 2m of a boundary, front-garden positioning, conservation area location and Article 4 directions are the four most common reasons a shed planning application is needed. We check the lot before quoting.
Any other domestic outbuilding — garden gym, log cabin, summerhouse, pool house, annexe, granny pod, workshop, hobby room. We assess the build against Class E, identify the route (permitted development, planning application or Certificate of Lawful Development) and prepare whichever outbuilding planning application fits the case.
Permitted development is more restricted in conservation areas, AONBs, the Broads, National Parks and World Heritage Sites. We know exactly which rights are removed for garden rooms, garden offices, sheds and outbuildings — and which still apply.
Outbuildings within the curtilage of a listed building. Permitted development is often heavily restricted and listed building consent may also be needed. We coordinate both consents.
Many local authorities have removed permitted development rights for outbuildings in particular streets or estates. We check Article 4 status as standard before quoting your garden room or shed planning application.
Outbuildings used as independent or semi-independent living space. One of the trickiest planning cases — we argue ancillary use where we can, and prepare a full outbuilding planning application for residential consent where we can't.
If your garden room, garden office, shed or outbuilding is already built and you're not sure whether it needed permission, we can prepare a retrospective planning application or a Certificate of Lawful Development — whichever fits your case.
If your build is permitted development, a Certificate of Lawful Development gives you formal council confirmation in writing — useful for selling the property, satisfying mortgage lenders, or simply formalising the position.
You don't need to commission a separate architect or draughtsman. Every drawing your council needs is produced in-house, to validation standards, by the same Chartered Town Planner who manages your case.
You don't need to send a CAD file or scaled drawings. A few photos, the rough dimensions and the position in the garden are enough for us to start. We'll come back with a draft for your review — you check it, we tweak it, and we lock it in before submission.
Drawings are produced in CAD, exported as PDFs to council standards, and bundled with the planning statement for submission. Free revisions until you are satisfied.
Get a Free Check →Answer a few questions about your garden room, garden office, shed or outbuilding and get an instant answer on whether you need planning permission, whether it's permitted development, or whether a Certificate of Lawful Development is the smartest route.
We don't bill by the hour and we don't add extras at the end. The fee we quote you up front is the fee you pay.
Find out in under 2 minutes whether your garden room or outbuilding is likely to need planning permission.
The complete package — drawings, planning statement, forms and submission by a Chartered Town Planner.
Formal council confirmation that your build is lawful under permitted development. Essential before building.
Free initial check. Before the fee kicks in, a Chartered Town Planner reviews your case and gives you an honest, written view of whether you need permission — with no charge and no obligation. Council application fees are paid directly by you to the council, not through us.
More complex cases (multiple buildings, change of use, listed buildings) are quoted separately — get in touch for a fixed price.
A Chartered Town Planner will review your situation and give you an honest, written view — before you spend a penny.