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Ha, that half meter is vitally important though and I shouldn't have to loose it.
It seems that you might not need planning permission for a garage if its behind your house. Their garage is built on to the side of the house.But then if planning permission isn't/wasn't required then there might not be anything stopping me rebuilding it in the same spot.
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It looks like the one metre rule pertains to the distance between the garage and your dwelling.
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I think in Scotland as long as any part of building that is within 1m of boundary is under 2.5m, it's permitted development.
https://www.mygov.scot/build-shed-garage-greenhouseThe permitted development rules for an ancillary building are:
it's located at the back of the house
it's not used as a separate home to live in
it, and any other development, does not take up half or more of the 'curtilage' – this means half or more of the grounds behind your home
it's not higher than 4 metres at the highest point
any part that's a metre or less from the boundary is no higher than 2.5 metres
the eaves (the part where the wall meets the roof) is no higher than 3 metres
if the land is in a conservation area or in the grounds of a listed building, the ancillary building has a footprint of less than 4 square metresSpeak to the planning officer. They can tell you right away.
Sharkstar
Kurai
I don't think you need planning permission for a garage, subject to some restrictions on size and position. I'd suggest speaking to a planning professional or a solicitor before pissing your neighbours right off. Fair play though, it probably wouldn't have occurred to me to pull down my elderly neighbours' garage in order to ensure that I don't lose half a metre of garage width.