Planning permission in Northern Ireland

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Planning permission in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Planning (General Permitted eu phone numbers Development Order) contains broadly similar advice (the summerhouses in this document fall into Category D), but if you need further confirmation that your project complies, it would be wise to check the details.

If you do need to seek planning permission
Although this is not necessary in most cases, you may have in mind a project that would require planning permission, for example if you wanted to build a summer house:

Within 2m of your border (or within 1m in Scotland).
Has a higher roofline than usual
Large area
Located at the front or side of your property, or overlooking a road or sidewalk
In the gardens of a listed building or property within a conservation area or national park.
A really useful source of advice on planning is the Planning Portal, which was commissioned by the Department for Upgrading, Housing and Communities and covers England and Wales. The best first step is to use the portal and simply enter your postcode to find your Local Planning Authority (LPA). In Northern Ireland you can find details of planning offices online; in Scotland the E-Planning.scot website is a good place to start.