Garage drawings

Welcome along Sean. I have been through this process as will have many on RR! I don't imagine you could get free drawings as any plans that need submitting would need to be site specific and to scale. It would be worth getting proper plans drawn which would most likely go down better with your planning dept. Have you had a good look at the Planning Portal website which contains tons of up to date info? There are also rules limiting how close to the boundary you can build if built of flammable materials etc etc.
The matter of having a garage in front of the main house is generally against the rules although there are many examples out there to the contrary so push hard.In my case the single garage I had built is also in the front garden and sounds like a similar position to yours. The law at the time said no development in front of the original dwelling and despite it being in front of an extension we had done, this extension was not "the original building". I got it passed eventually!

Read read and read up!

Contact any local suppliers that do sheds/garages of a similar size to what you have in mind? When my dad did it (albeit 15 years ago and a different authority) A wooden shed - even his 18'x36' - was classed as temporary so no pp needed.

Very impressive drawings, mine’s terrible.....😊👎

Are you having an oak frame kit building? The manufacturers usually provide plans that you can submit.

Would be nice to have someone like planning officer on my side but with lockdown, no can do but reliance on emailing so hopefully I can get on well with Claire, who is dealing with my case.

Message the ones you intend buying from and ask if they have a suitable set of plans that you can use to apply for planning, offer to buy them if they have, once you have those it will be simple to show on a block plan where you intend to put it on your land.
The planning portal is pretty helpful and shows examples of what you need to submit.
I've just done 2 planning applications at my house, one of which has now passed and the other is pending, done all the drawings myself.
They aren't looking for DaVinci masterpieces just simple drawings to a recognised scale to help them understand what is going on and what you are intending to do. Expect a site visit, planning officers aren't (usually) nasty people trying to make your life hard and just want to understand the impact of what you suggest on the area. As it is a frontal development you may be asked for Street scene drawings, Google Streetview is your friend, print off pictures of any similar developments in the surrounding area to strengthen your case.
Do NOT curse word off the planning (or building control) officer, note that if you get turned down appealing is an option and unlikely to upset anybody, the officer needs to be able to justify their decision, the rules an individual council apply can and are interpreted differently at appeal and it doesn't cost you anything except time if you do it yourself.

www.leeds.gov.uk/planning/planning-permission/pre-application-enquiry-service

That's what you need to do in the first instance.

If they give you positive feedback I can help with drawings. Based in Huddersfield so not far away.

Hi deanh,

Sent you PM’d 👍

Seán

My garage is 23 x 24.5 ft and I have 2 cars in it....you could fit 3 but would have very little room to work around them.

For 3 cars I would go for 30ft wide... Ive drawn out a good few garages on CAD but not sure of the regs these days and they can alter from area to area...