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A dodgy copy of Revit kills a dodgy copy of AutoCAD any day of the week

What can I tell ya. Times are good.

Working it out from the other end (the client-contractor's point of view); you could say the build cost is (m² x local £/m² rates for this kind of project), and your fee to see the project through from inception to completion is x% of that figure, split roughly 40-60 between Phase A - Concept...

Eh? Each step is two courses of bricks. Are bricks thicker in Scotland?

The job of a plan drawer is to produce a scheme that satisfies planning policy and building regs. The job of an architect is to present you with what you never thought possible. Unfortunately, this costs money. No doubt, this will be the final word on the matter.

Well, black turtle necks aren't cheap, you know.

If this forum's taught us anything, it's that there's no such thing as common sense

Operational development (under the relevant PD class) must not result in any increase in the building's external dimensions, so I guess you have to extend first, and change use after. If it was me, I'd seek professional advice from a planning lawyer before proceeding.

I only ever employ short BCOs; they never think to check. And as a Sasquatch, I've simply learned to live with bumps.

Why not ask the LABC?

Except growing marijuana.

No.

Well it's not pd, so it's not lawful, so don't apply.

FWIW, for internal landings/mezzanines, 900 feels too low to me. 1m feels about right.

No - unless that meant structural change that impacted the party walls.

I doubt it exists (at least, not quite in the terms expressed)

I can't see that specification within the linked document. Besides, wouldn't it make more sense to link to legislation than 'guidance'

An indemnity will be cheaper

The above would only be true if we new in advance that PD rights would be curtailed as a condition of commencement.

I suspect that this would be deemed engineering works, but I might be mistaken.