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Thanks Phil, just to be safe I think I'll go for belt and braces- steel cladding (roof sheets), fire retardant Insulation panels and plasterboard internally.

Perfect, thank you.

Right, final questions on permitted development.. Can you sanity check my understanding here? If I wanted to build a workshop within 1m of my boundary, over 15m2 internal dimensions but under 30m2, with maximum height overall of 2.5m, and as long as I haven't gone over the 50pc rule- I can do...

Ah, that makes sense. Ideally I'm looking to avoid building control, my previous experience with extensions ranged from really helpful to seemingly going out of their way to be bloody minded. That also makes sense why some people are talking about building 2 separate outbuildings of 15m2 which...

Thanks MikeG. I've read elsewhere and seen on Youtube that if I build next to the boundary (and I've got a typical UK garden so is difficult not to) and if I go over 15m2 I don't need to involve building control as long as it is 'not substantially made of combustible material'. Wood being a bit...

I'm really struggling to find a straight answer on the maximum size of an outbuilding under permitted development- all government and local council guidelines seem very vague with under 20m2 being ok, but 20m2-30m2 "probably ok". The focus seems to be on maximum height and no more than 50pc of...