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I think a note of caution is needed with everyone saying planning permission isn't required: under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 any "building or enclosure" between the front boundary of a building and the public highway requires planning permission. Obviously Southwark have very sensibly decided to turn a blind eye to this as regards cycle storage, but there's nothing to stop them instigating a crackdown whenever they choose, as Brighton council did a few years ago: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2014/aug/01/brighton-green-council-crackdown-cycle-stores-barriers-cycling (note the sentence in the article, "Under national regulations any ?outbuilding? in front of a house (flats have different and more complex rules), even a compact bike shed, officially requires planning permission.").


Not to say don't build a bike shed by any means, just be aware that the potential is there for the council to object. Certainly best to make sure neighbours will be happy with it, because if they object they would certainly have the law on their side, even if it is an ass.

We had one built last year (120cm high). The council planners said that in theory, we should apply for planning, however, as long as it did not exceed any of the usual building limits, they would not enforce any kind of action or insist on the application, and that we can carry on and build it.

Unfortunately, our neighbours are complete tits and put in a planning appeal because we didn?t put in a planning application and they felt our bike shed was infringing on their right to enjoy their home (honestly, don?t get me started), so we had to do a retrospective planning application which was rubber stamped straight away.

The long and the short of it is, you shouldn?t need to apply, unless your neighbours are idiots.

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