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A garden gazebo is usually permitted development, but only 2.5m within 2m of a boundary and 4m overall. The UK rules, bases and what actually lasts.

Do I need planning permission for a garden shed? Usually not: under 2.5m tall near a boundary, behind the house, under half the garden. The exceptions.

A garden room bedroom loses permitted development and the building regs exemption. The Class 6 wording, the annexe line and the 10-year enforcement risk.

Garden rooms London buyers can actually build: six companies covering the capital, the 2.5m boundary height limit, and the Article 4 trap that removes it.

Green Retreats vs Booths compared on guarantee, insulation and cladding: a 25-year steel shell against a 12-year timber frame, and the boundary rule.

Eden Garden Rooms review: published guide prices from £23,500 to £49,500 with VAT, cedar cladding and plastered walls as standard, and a 10-year warranty.

A Booths Garden Studios review of the published spec: 75mm steel panels, no timber, feet instead of a slab, and a 25-year guarantee that does not transfer.

An independent Green Retreats review: the published U-values, the 12-year structural guarantee, the payment schedule, and what Companies House shows.