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habitable room ceiling heights should be 2.5m according to my LPA so reducing heights to create more space in the loft for a possible conversion is going to have a negative effect when enforcement visit. I can see externally that the ground floor is way below that height.....

I called my LPA yesterday as also considering a velux loft conversion (I own a fuirst floor flat and the loft space above. The planning officer I spoke with said that it would most likely need planning if adding skylights. I also asked about whether lowering my ceilings to gain more height in...

I'm hoping someone can explain what "alter" means in this context. Clearly the roof space will look different in appearance and be larger in volume if the ceiling below is lowered.

I've also seen this just now on the planning portal in relation to the question: I want to build a loft conversion in my top floor flat. The guidance mentioned this "Permission is required where you extend or alter the roof space". By lowering the ceiling directly below the loft space, would...

The initial planning application got refused due to the fact that they wanted to make all the flats with 2 bedrooms. This was deemed unacceptable by planning as it would affect our amenity (increase in footfall, noise) and some were reduced to 1 beds. I presume that they may plan to build in the...

Hi Woody. Thanks for all your replies so far. I understand that in normal situations you don't need permission to reconfiguire internally, but these flats are being rebuilt from scratch, and if conditions are attached to the planning permission by the government inspectorate, implying that you...

Why would they not be planning issues if they did not have permission to create a duplex flat via a loft conversion? I think but am not sure that loft conversions for flats need planning permission.

Thanks for the replies everyone. It's been pointed out to me by my wife that actually, the property is being converted from 2 flats to 3 flats so I assume PD would not apply as it is not one house? As my house is identical in terms of roof height, they'd need to add a dormer of some kind unless...

Hi Everyone. Having had a read through this forum, I am aware that non-material, minor and material amendments are decided at the discretion of the LPA, however I wonder if anyone can give their opinion on what the following changes may constitute. The situation is that the neighbouring...