Recent content by conanx

Ok. Will think about it.

I don't want an extractor fan or cooker hood, I just want to put up some shelves in place of the old cabinets but the isolation switch is there. Can I not just cover up the isolation switch/get it removed (is there a legal requirement to have an extractor fan above a cooker? - its not on an...

No, just a bog standard flat in a block of 1920s/30s flats.

Thanks for your reply. I'm just a layperson so don't know what it is. The cooker hood just connects to a wall (not outside). So, I don't need any kind of planning permission as asking google gives lots of different responses.

Do I need planning permission or any kind of local council permission to remove a very old (non-functioning) cooker hood and the isolator switch associated with it? Isolator switch is currently in kitchen cupboard above non-functioning hood and I want to remove the cupboard and put shelving...

I live in a block of flats and I want to remove the wooden fireplace surround (not the chimney breast) and fill the empty space where a fireplace would go so the wall is flush. There has never been a fireplace there (just the hole) and the top of the hole is sealed. A mezzanine floor was built...