Fw: Re: Workshop - underground....

[Gareth Cook <g@xxxxxxx>]

maybe they deem it a fixed structure - as would this be and therefore
planning.

certainly the uk_selfbuild forum is a good place to start

G.

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"Mal Lansell" <mlansell@frontier.co.uk>
Today 16:24

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I would be amazed if an underground room of any size didn't need planning
permission.
IIRC you need it for a swimming pool, and that might not even have a lid!

Mal



----- Original Message -----
From: "Gareth Cook" <g@uk.ibm.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:11 PM
Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] Re: Workshop - underground....


> Dont think planning is needed where it's not joined to the house...not
> sure if permissable development %age applies tho - but thats' normally
> massively more than any shed !
>
> G.
>
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> "matt_miles_uk" <m_miles@blueyonder.co.uk>
> Today 15:48
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> My Dad always wanted to do this - his idea was to get hold of an old
> cargo container (like they use to transport stuff on P&O cargo
ships
> etc) and sink this into the ground - it would be structurally sound
> and only requires plasterboarding inside.
>
> The Idea to get down to it was to use a dog-leg shape staircase or
> even a spiral one with an 'entry hut' over the top to make it
> weaterproof.
>
> Not sure on the planning aspect thought... apparently its a
> removable structure (like a shed) so plannig permission is not
> needed?
>
> HTH.
>
> Matt
>
> --- In ukha_d@yahoogroups.com, "David Harris"
<dh140770@b...> wrote:
> > convert the loft may be cheaper?
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Paul Gale
> >   To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
> >   Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:24 PM
> >   Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Workshop - underground....
> >
> >
> >   >From purely having watched grand designs / property ladder
/
> all the other DIY shows out there - I would have thought this would
> be a pretty expensive option (but then maybe I'm wrong)?
> >
> >   Paul.
> >
> >
> >   > -----Original Message-----
> >   > From: Mark Harrison (Yahoo!) [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx...]
> >   > Sent: 21 January 2004 14:48
> >   > To: ukha_d@yahoogroups.com
> >   > Subject: [ukha_d] Workshop - underground....
> >   >
> >   > Here's an off the wall question...
> >   >
> >   > I live in a 1995-built suburban house - as you may guess,
I do
> _not_ have
> >   > a
> >   > large garden.
> >   >
> >   > What I'd be interested in is excavating out a workshop
about
> 15' x 20',
> >   > tanking it, then covering the top with something
structural,
> and finally
> >   > relaying a lawn on the top... Is anyone aware of a company
> that does
> >   > this...
> >   > I can manage the interior finish (plaster / plasterboard /
> electrics /
> >   > CAT5
> >   > etc. ) myself....
> >   >
> >   > Regards,
> >   >
> >   > Mark
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