On 01/05/2012 10:04, rmwebs wrote:
A little side though, maybe I'm reading this wrong, but the official
planning regs information for shed-type structures says that the
structure either has to be 1 metre from the boundary, or constructed of
substantially non-combustible materials.

That's a pretty loose statement as the defenition of non-combustible
materials just says "(e.g bricks, masonary, etc)". I did a bit of
digging and found a post by a member of the Dorset planning office who
seems to imply that as long as the structure is not using a clay /
concrete tiled roof, it can be made from timber and be a non-combustible
material.

'Interpretation of 'non-combustible material' - dorsetforyou.com'
(http://www.dorsetforyou.com/398574)

I hate how they have the planning regs so vague! I was under the
impression that ALL structures must be 1 metre away but this makes me
doubt that now.

It seems to suggest you could do a timber building, with a tiles roof
and slap it on the boundary and be ok.

Having said that, you will find that this is a bit of "law" that is
pretty much universally ignored as far as I can tell - especially in
smaller gardens. (when I did my workshop, I read that, looked at every
other shed/workshop etc in the area, and noted that they were all of
similar construction and *all* slapped right up to the boundary. So that
was how I did mine - right next door to the neighbours shed - also
against the boundary)

it's not a major issue either way as I want a gap around the edge to:
A) Stop the neighbours cat hopping over the fence and ripping up the
felt (the shed that I'll be tearing down has been re-felted 3 times in 6
years due to the damn cat!)

If you use decent torch on felt, it won't suffer in the same way anyway.

B) Allow access to the sides to treat the wood, and to possibly add a
solar-battery box hidden around the back at a later date. This will be
for the extractor fan.

Oh and John - Yes, it was 'LogLap' I was writing it on the iPad and the
damn autocorrect must have changed it!

Yup, basically ship lap with a slightly rounded appearance...


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Cheers,

John.

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