What height can you build a brick shed in the garden is there a law on how high it can be

Question

do you need planning permission to build a brick shed , i know for a wooden shed you can just put them up

im sure ther must be a height limit ie 6ft anyone know

Answer 1

You will need planning and building consent/regs if built within specified distance from your house (check with local planners).  If built over this distance only building regs will be required.

Answer 2

Anything you build in your garden with brick, will require at least a question to the local council. Possibly even planning permission.

If its wood, then its not a problem, but because its brick - they class it as "expanding" your home, so might get a little annoyed.

Stupid, i know, but what's not stupid when it comes to the council?

Answer 3

You need to contact the planning people at your local council - they have varying rules. However, as a general principle a brick building is a permanent structure, which a timber shed isn't, and that may make a considerable difference.

Answer 4

The key is to be reasonable.  Under three metres high is unlikely to block any neighbours' light, and should be high enough for you.  You don't need planning permission for smaller outbuildings.  How big an area are you thinking of?  

Answer 5

You need to go to your local Council to find out what restrictions are in your area.

Answer 6

I have reproduced an answer I gave to a question posted shortly after yours that will give you some idea:

"In England and Wales you can fill half your garden area with outbuildings without the need for planning permission subject to certain restrictions. In outline they are:

Must be more than 5 metres away from the nearest part of the house or they are classed as extensions.

They must not be nearer to a highway than the house, i.e. not in the front garden or in the side garden if you are on a corner plot.

No higher than 4 metres with a ridged roof or 3 metres in any other case.

They must be used for a purpose "ancilliary" to the main house, i.e. for domestic purposes.

You must check whether these rights have been previously removed by the council (rare but can happen) and that there are no restrictive covenants on your deeds.

If you rent the property you must get the consent of the landlord."

If your neighbour has complied with the above then no planning permission would be required whether it is built of wood or brick.

It is possible that they would need Building Regulations approval but some outbuildings are exempt - you would have to check with your Council.