Updated site plan and driveway positioning

Amending the shed

So everything was looking sweet, I had met with the Building Inspector and discussed sizing requirements for our shed, lodged plans and on the final day, one of the neighbours objected to the size, scale, positioning and access to the shed.


A second round of discussions with the building inspector acting as an intermediary to the planning department and concessions were made to reduce the floor area and overall height.  We engaged the draftsman to revise the plans and we resubmitted.

At this time we received a verbal indication that the revised design was acceptable, and then the building inspector changed jobs, so back to square one, and back through the design cycle once more.

Having finally satisfied the planning department, the plans were resubmitted to the shed providers, with a resounding response of "computer says no" due to the irregular floorplan and reduced roof pitch not meeting engineering requirements for the spans involved.

Met with the Shed Provider who felt that with minor changes we could get to a suitable design, namely an increase in roof pitch to 10 degrees from the proposed five.

A fourth discussion with the council saw a compromise reached where the increased roof angle can be accommodated with a further reduction in wall height of 300mm resulting in a maximum height of 4.8m at the front of the skillion and a 3m wall height for the rest of the structure.

The layout is as per this drawing showing the amended floorplan and driveway location.