^ I believe they do expire but can be extended (for a fee of course).
I would price out a garage package quote for your lumber, roofing and doors/windows and siding and see what the actual incremental cost is to slap up a shell on top of the pad. I suspect that more of the cost of the quote is the concrete or finishings in the garage. If you are going to pay 80% of the cost for 10% of the benefit by doing the pad only, then you may want to just bite the bullet and at least put a usable building on it.
I built a garage around the same time as Fuzz (inspired by his thread) and the cost was closer to $25K all-in with ~$10K being the concrete work.
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