Renovate or new build old barn?

[Raynard]

I am looking at renovating an old barn 100ftx40ft from open sided cattle barn to an enclosed workshop for the farm including "proper" farm facilities.

The barn would be to building regs to allow future flexibility for diversification.

I don't want to get the planners involved; hence my desire to renovate, as will be same building and still Ag. However, me thinks that the cost & ball ache to bring the barn to a structurally sound (2nd hand hanger from the 1940's) is prohibitive.

Is replacing it with a replica new clear span shed to the same dimensions a major no no? Probably pushing the boundaries of repairs, but no doubt you catch my drift.

Have a bit of history with helpful neighbours keeping the planners up to date with our diversifications.... but would happily demonstrate that still very much Ag and just "making structure safe".

Thoughts please

 

[Nearly]

@Forever Fendt
@RWG Contracts
@GeorgieB82

Pictures of the old hangar please?

 

[Raynard]

 

[Dry Rot]

Don't rebuild the old barn or even replace it. Build the new one on a new site and you can patch up the barn at your leisure or perhaps partly demolish and use the walls as a yard, whatever.

 

[Raynard]

To be clearer...

The barn in question is part of our not too future plans to move cows away from yard and would be perfect for alternative businesses to use as it has clean access, concrete parking, 3 phase, access to septic tank and is next to an existing rental unit.

Can easily split to be 1/2 or 1/3rd our workshop and remaining part an income stream.

Sorry not being very clear.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Replace to modern standards on the same footprint, or a bit bigger.

In a few yrs let it out for commercial if you have the demand in your area

 

[Forever Fendt]

You will need planning permission as you intend altering the external appearance,I can't see why you would not be granted permission for a replacement building, perhaps the "helpful neighbours" are more put out by the fact you are doing things without P/P when you are aware its needed rather than what you are using the buildings for in the end

 

[dannewhouse]

a new building as a dutch barn (roof on legs) will cost £2.50 per square foot kit building only + around £2.20 per square foot for bases + it erecting. if you re roof the old barn it will cost £1 per sq ft for sheets alone + probably £1 fitting?

value up what you are keeping, concrete floor 4" thick? 37 cube £3000 conc so £5000 total job?

as said above is it worth "saving" the old or start from scratch elsewhere you don't normally have much grief with planning