Anyone with an allotment?

So long as you paint it 'allotment shed green' once it's done then you'll be golden.

Presumably it doesn't fall under permitted development?

Oh I’m pushing back!

Well this is what I’m currently doing;

It’s a wooden shed therefore not permanent.
If size is the issue there are already much larger sheds on the site as well as people who have erected poly tunnels over their entire plot! Not permanent but definitely over the 4ft by 6ft limit on the councils website.

The irony is the man whose been supplying the pallets is the husband of the woman whose told me to take it down LOL

Presumably I could build 2 x (4x6) structures next to each other???

You can do that to get around planning permission on structures having to be non permanent, by having two side by side.

You could also dig it in to the ground to lower the height if that’s a problem

If they won’t be reasonable I’ll split it into two sheds one for growing the other for entertaining.

I wanted a green house and shed but couldn’t justify the cost so thought if I build a shed with plenty of windows I’ve got both

I have raised it on breeze blocks and there is a pallet floor so this easily added additional height.

Interestingly the council website doesn’t mention a height limit.

You could string the council along for years, like that bloke who built a mansion behind some hay bales :)

Well ... one strongly worded email later we’re back in business!

Aw, shit man. Now I feel like a right heel for even joking. What arseholes.

This

Huzzah!

Yay. Now to see what you can get away with... floodlights?

I mean its not difficult, if you build this, don't stick at it and give up the plot, some other poor fucker will end up dealing with it's removal down the line.

Sure building stuff is fun, but an allotment is about growing things not building some superstructure, if you're new to the site they are of course going to be less tolerant of this until you've proved you're in it for the long haul.

This is the 3rd year we’ve had the plot so we’re technically still newbies. We don’t plan on giving up any time soon. It’s too much fun.

I always wanted to be a farmer but wasn’t born into it so this is my outlet to pretend to be a farmer.

Our novice allotmenting yield is starting to look a little more interesting than herb clippings, including today's historic digging up of our first potatoes. Yay! (King Edward, and Arran Pilot, most of which is hiding under the purple kale.) The spare soil the potatoes have freed up looks lush, and we'll have quite a lot of it once all the spuds are up, not to mention a few carrots. Any advice on good things to be planting in its place at this time of year? Open to ideas on whether it's possible to grow more stuff for this year or getting things in the ground for next.

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Leeks, but might be a bit late, parsnips (but they are a bastard to germinate) and purple sprouting broccoli are good autumn/winter crops that you can get in now. Depending on how mild an autumn we have, you've got at least 8 weeks of growing season left so quick crops like spinach and rocket are worth as try.

Nice hail. Get your leeks in :)

Is it leek time!!!

Let there be light!

Still need to find a door, cut the 10 degree angle on the front and back

Start the roof

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Obviously, you'll need to change your username to LightSHEDDed. :)

Where there's light, there is shed.

I'm here all week.

Indeed

Still need to find a door