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Are you allowed to build / sleep in a shed ?
I need some advice. My neighbour is planning on building a large cabin in his back yard which he will sleep in. His son and family will then move into his house and pay half of the mortgage on the property.
Is this allowed ? I would of thought that if the cabin will be a permanent abode, he will need to submit some sort of planning application ... or am i wrong.
I am dreading this happening. I have nothing against his son as he is a nice chap, but they have 4 very young children and they are LOUD. When they come over for sunday dinner all you hear is yelling, screaming and shouting. He also has a 'thing' for 2nd hand scrap vehicles which will pile up everywhere and last time he lived next door (for a couple of months when he split from his missus) he was out the front with his mates drinking beer and reving motor bike engines all night long.
Gulp.
Is this allowed ? I would of thought that if the cabin will be a permanent abode, he will need to submit some sort of planning application ... or am i wrong.
I am dreading this happening. I have nothing against his son as he is a nice chap, but they have 4 very young children and they are LOUD. When they come over for sunday dinner all you hear is yelling, screaming and shouting. He also has a 'thing' for 2nd hand scrap vehicles which will pile up everywhere and last time he lived next door (for a couple of months when he split from his missus) he was out the front with his mates drinking beer and reving motor bike engines all night long.
Gulp.
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hi
I sympathise, but though not an expert I think he should be able to do it legally providing the shed isn't a permanent second home and he (the dad), stores a lot of his belongings in the main house and returns there for meals and family time.
This is because those are the rules as regards using a stationery caravan as a bedroom. Some people in my own family circle thought about doing that and this is what they found out.
We all have 'outhouses' in our back gardens that contain an outside loo. He is planning on using the structure already there for his bathroom, and then using the room next door as a kitchen (although currently it is just a small room with a tap in it).
This is what i feared - thank you.
Google your local council's planning dept and call them tomorrow. In my experience they are extremely helpful.
Other than that I don't see what anyone can do about it.