Boiler House

Cuauhtemoc

Hi,

Just wondering are there specific planning guidelines on building a boiler house?

All i can find on the various exempted development links are that a boiler house is exempt development along with storage for 3500 liters of oil. Whereas for a garage they list the max roof height/square footage etc.

I'd like to build a boiler house with storage for 3 - 5 tonnes of wood chip, the boiler obviously, plus have solar(hot water) panels on the roof of it.

Are there specific height/size/planning limits on boiler houses i should be aware of?

Many Thanks,

C.

sinnerboy

CLASS 3
The construction, erection or placing
within the curtilage of a house of any
tent, awning, shade or other object,
greenhouse, garage, store, shed or other
similar structure.

1. No such structure shall be constructed,
erected or placed forward of the front
wall of a house.
2. The total area of such structures
constructed, erected or placed within the
curtilage of a house shall not, taken
together with any other such structures
previously constructed, erected or placed
within the said curtilage, exceed 25
square metres.
3. The construction, erection or
placing within the curtilage of a house of
any such structure shall not reduce the
amount of private open space reserved
exclusively for the use of the occupants
of the house to the rear or to the side of
the house to less than 25 square metres.
4. The external finishes of any garage or
other structure constructed, erected or
placed to the side of a house, and the roof
covering where any such structure has a
tiled or slated roof, shall conform with
those of the house.
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5. The height of any such structure shall
not exceed, in the case of a building with
a tiled or slated pitched roof, 4 metres or,
in any other case, 3 metres.
6. The structure shall not be used for
human habitation or for the keeping of
pigs, poultry, pigeons, ponies or horses,
or for any other purpose other than a
purpose incidental to the enjoyment of
the house as such.

Cuauhtemoc

Thanks Sinnerboy.

For some(totally unfounded) reason i was under the impression that a boiler house was somehow seperate from this. It doesn't specifically mention a Boiler house in that list.

Does that mean that as i have a garage of 25sqm that i'd have to apply for planning for the boiler house/store?

Thanks,

C.

Cuauhtemoc

Just doing some more research on this.

A boiler house comes under class 2 exempted development. Would that not be totally separate from
the class 3 from above?

CLASS 2
The Provision, as part of a central heating
system of a house, of a chimney, boiler
house or oil storage tank
The capacity of any such oil storage tank
shall not exceed 3,500 litres.

Class 2 was also extended in 2007 for the exemption of Biomass boilers and storage.


So would i be right in thinking i could build boiler house and storage for say 5 tonnes chips/pellets alongside the existing garage?

Thanks for any advice.

C.

sinnerboy

more than a fair question

putting your garage aside for a moment .....

a wood pellet boiler and the associated fuel storage could be argued to be still a boiler house

however it could be interpreted that due to the relatively large size of WPB + fuel store, ( compared to the typical size of an oil bolier - portaloo size ) that the exempt dev regs do not apply .

to be "safe" if you observe the class 3 regs then you are sorted

now the garage

if it forms part of the planning permission existing now - and if that permission has no condition to the effect that - " you are not entitled to exempt development " , then you can buid a class 3 shed and use as "bolier house and fuel storage shed"

RKQ

I agree with Sinnerboy.
Class 2 :
boiler house or oil storage tank,The capacity of any such oil storage tank
shall not exceed 3,500 litres. This would hint at a certain size.

A garage or shed under 25sqm is exempt but if you already have a garage or shed of that size, then your second structure would require planning permission!
Otherwise everyone could build lots of structures and call them different names!
One shed/ boiler house/ garage under or at 25sqm only.