Detached Garage Planning Permission - Scotland

Do I need Planning Permission or Building Control Warrant?

To help you understand these issues we detail below some of the ""conditions"" attached to planning permission and Building Regulations. (These apply to Scotland only) Wales, Northern Ireland, England and Ireland regulations are quite different - You should in all instances take local advice.

Do I need permission for a Detached Garage?

(1) The provision within the curtilage of a dwellinghouse of a building for any purpose incidental to the enjoyment of that dwellinghouse or the alteration, maintenance or improvement of such a building.

(2) Development is not permitted by this class if—
(a) it consists of a dwelling;
(b) any part of the development would be forward of a wall forming part of the principal elevation or side elevation where that elevation fronts a road;
(c) the height of the eaves would exceed 3 metres;
(d) any part of the development would exceed 4 metres in height;
(e) any part of the development within 1 metre of the boundary of the curtilage of the dwellinghouse would exceed 2.5 metres in height;(f) as a result of the development the area of ground covered by development within the front or rear curtilage of the dwellinghouse (excluding the original dwellinghouse and any hard surface or deck) would exceed 50% of the area of the front or rear curtilage respectively (excluding the ground area of the original dwellinghouse and any hard surface or deck); or
(g) in the case of land in a conservation area or within the curtilage of a listed building, the resulting building would have a footprint exceeding 4 square metres

BUILDING REGULATIONS - Scotland

The Scottish Domestic Handbook Schedule 3 gives the requirements for

A detached single-storey building, having an area exceeding 8 square metres but not exceeding 30 square metres, ancillary to and within the curtilage of a house .

Building warrant is required if

• A building within 1 metre of the house unless it is at least 1 metre from any boundary.
• A building containing a fixed combustion appliance installation or sanitary facility.
• A swimming pool deeper than 1.2 metres.
  

and Schedule 3 Type 4 gives the requirements for A detached single-storey building, having an area exceeding 8 square metres but not exceeding 30 square metres, ancillary to and within the curtilage of a flat or maisonette.

• A building within 1 metre of the flat or maisonette or within 3 metres of any other part of the building containing the flat or maisonette.
• A building within 1 metre of a boundary.
• A building containing a fixed combustion appliance installation or sanitary facility.
• A swimming pool deeper than 1.2 metres.