Recent content by Lillykins

50/50 Like everybody I know, peoples buttons are pushed for various reasons. People campaign for various things. What annoys one may not annoy another. Everybody has a hobby-horse they want to ride occasionally. Mine at present are the local planning officers. 14 months I have been...

So the stairs will be queried even though they were not part of the planning application, but were snook in during the re-model of the kitchen a few years ago, replacing the loft ladder that was used in the original loft that was used as a hobby room. The re-modelled loft will be a bedroom with...

Not asking about stairs to fit into a small area, I am asking if at any point during the re build of the loft room building regs will, or BC ask about the stairs that are to be used to gain access to the loft. This scenario above is already a reality, and I'm asking can you get away with it...

Could you please enlighten me further.

Would this idea get around building regs for stairs if you don't have enough space for the tread and going. Put in plans for lets say a kitchen extension, floor plan showing that stairs are already in position/e.g existing. (Up until this point loft room accessed by loft ladder). Then build...

Basically, yes.

On a planning issue which authority carries the weight:- Court Order signed by a Judge and agreed by the Parties or a planning officers interpretation, leading to a different decision.

I think people spend 'resources' in a way that helps/suits them. In terms of UK resources or money I'm a pretty low user. I have one child so accessed pregnancy care/NHS etc once. I have used the schooling system once. I married once. I myself was privately educated. I do not smoke...

I think the nit picking has got somewhere. At least it alerts others into not interpreting plans in a rational and sensible fashion only to find that what appears to be rational/sensible and straight forward is not the case. We were lied to at the outset, and there appears no comeback. If...

Thanks for the reply. Not what I wanted, however the question of interpretation still lingers. 3 times in letters we questioned these plans, unfortunately because in a verbal assurance that these windows would be fixed and obscured that point failed to make hard copy as in our letters of...

Thanks for the reply, and to answer some of your points raised and a bit more clarification; I may have confused you. The loft conversion includes raising the ridge so they needed planning permission. Drawings were submitted. The ridge runs from front to back and the roof will have 4...

Am I right in my research that if you want to replace most or all of your roof you need building regs. Roof in question 1930's with no felt. Secondly, what happens to the existing velux window that needs replacing. They have been in for 20 years. Windows unfixed and un-obscured and at a...

The velux windows and the loft have not yet been built. My query was to the agency who would police a possible breach. But seem intnet to not apply the rules in the future. The neighbours have 3 years to build, thus my query that has been on going for over a year. The planning officers...

2 years ago my neighbours applied for planning for a loft room. A detached bungalow with the ridge line running from front to back. The plans were appalling, in accurate, not detailed, incorrect and not a complete application - such things as site plan omitted. However, these plans were...