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The log cabin must be to the side or rear of the house.

Outbuildings and other additions must not exceed 50% of the total area of land around the original house. Sheds and all other outbuildings (see intro) and extensions to the original house must be included when calculating this 50% limit. The term original house means the house as it was first built or as it stood on 1 July 1948 (if it was built before that date).”

Permitted development, any new building must not itself be separate, self contained, living accommodation and must not have a microwave antenna.”

Outbuildings must be single storey with a maximum eaves height of 2.5 metres and maximum overall height of 4 metres with a dual pitched roof, or 3 metres in any other case.”

If the outbuilding is within 2 metres of the property boundary the whole building should not exceed 2.5 metres in height.