Where do I even start to find out about building a garage?

[Pacif1cDogwood]

Old house, equally old garage that is currently literally slowly falling down so must be torn down sooner rather than later.
I would like to build the new garage at a different location which would give me more (sunny South West facing) garden and reduce the horrible sea of monobloc driveway.

I know about getting Planning permission/building warrant, have a friendly architect and builder I would use. But what it is that I actually want?
Timber framed? Kit? 'Proper' brick built structure?? What are the current garage trends??
And how do the different options differ in costs?

In the interests of full disclosure, STBXH and I are inching slowly closer to a financial settlement and while I cannot WAIT for the freedom to manage my own finances, they will not be vast...

Any advice gratefully received

Do you want a garage and why? We have an old house, and have no room for a garage so are having a swooshy car port built, which will shelter the car, but allow it to breathe and not rust as well.

Obviously no good if you keep your freezer in the garage etc, but is an alternative. We saw some lovely carports when we lived abroad and have found a firm that do them in the UK.

Thank you for your reply.

I do want ONE garage - the currently crumbling mouldy on is a 2 car 'tandem' garage, so theoretically take 2 cars, one behind the other. In reality it is full of assorted crap and zero cars....

It must be torn down as it verging on unsafe (and is 100 years old with a leaking roof and an underground stream running through it).

Its current position is an absolut sun trap and I'd much rather have a patio/sitting area/fire pit where it is. The plot my house is on is a long slim rectangle and a lot of garden has been sacrificed to this long driveway AAAAAALLLL the way up to the garage. By bringing it further forward I'd gain more garden/sitting area and lose some of the monoblocking I don't like anyway. I'd anticipate the new garage would be some kind of lean-to situation with the side of the house.

I'd like enough space for one car and some bikes with pedestrial access to the side to allow for bins to be put out etc.

Anybody with any pointers, pretty please?

Currently spending a thrilling afternoon looking at prefab concrete garages...

Did you go ahead with this? If so, may I ask what you went for and what the cost was?