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I had done so initially, but once it was kindly pointed out on this forum I realised and went on the LABC website and found the correct contact details there

I am not sure anyone is arguing? I was asking the question if anyone on here knew because I had reviewed the building regulations and could not interpret the guidance and I reached out to my local building control and they emailed me a generic response with a link to pay to apply for notice...

Good point - but we are renovating our entire house under a big 9 month project so it's not too much of an effort to do this as such as we already will have builders doing material works, but it's more a question for us whether we have to pay for all things needed to make it conform to the full...

You would be surprised - where we live we saw plenty of houses between the £1.5-1.75mm mark and most of them had utility rooms that were too small to ever actually hang up washing in

We are getting the whole house redone so the building inspector will definitely be coming around. whatsthenews - sounds like a big effort :( I don't think we necessarily need heating in there, I don't think it will be big enough to dry clothes in to be honest

They were not helpful... they just sent this generic response. Very frustrating: For an indication of whether planning permission is likely to be required, please see our online checker Get advice before you build or do home improvements | Buckinghamshire Council (under “services we offer”...

I read this https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1141098/The_Merged_Approved_Documents_Mar23.pdf and from what I could see, it only needs to comply with ventilation requirements? Anyway I am definitely new to this so have reached out to...

Thank you. I understand the need for it to be safe from a fire perspective, damp, etc, but needing it to be fully insulated etc seems a bit much - would materially increase the cost I assume

Hello, We have an existing garage which is adjacent to the property. We want to convert part of it to a utility room and create a door from the house into the garage/utility room. Would the part of the garage being converted to a utility room need to comply with building regs? Thank you!