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Unusual that you have a letter from the council. It is an approval or just a letter saying that they do not expect any issues if you applied? You would normally get a lawful development certificate. You need to apply for this certificate with your evidence that the flats have been flats for...

You will certainly have to add a fire door to the kitchen. This cannot be open to the hall, otherwise a fire would go up the stairs and trap everyone in the 1st & 2nd floor. The light well will have to be fire rated to prevent fire from entering the upper floors if the kitchen was on fire...

This is really a question for a solicitor so you need to ask them. The important point is that you have planning permission which would have been the hardest hurdle to overcome. You will not be able to sell each flat separately as I assume that you only have one set of deeds. Before you...

Not sure what is happening here. Neighbours have no right to object to a LDC nor do a planning committee. It is a legal matter and your extension either meets the rules or it doesn’t.

Don’t think you will get your beam designed on here. Need to see the house to do this to see what loads are above, or at least have some proper drawings to post to an engineer. If you are really, really lucky you might be able to submit a building notice and your building inspector might...

Doesn’t sound like your first point needs a party wall agreement as if you have a wall each then the wall you are raising doesn’t appear to be a party wall. Your second point will need an agreement if you are building into the party wall. Im quite surprised by this as normally when you form...

Your council should have a duty planner who is a planning officer you can go and see for free for some informal planning advice. Phone up the planning office and see what time he is there and maybe take some photos, sketches etc. Otherwise you need to get a local architect, surveyor etc who...

Depends on your conservation office and the wording of the Article 4 direction. Normally you must get planning permission to replace windows & doors to the front elevation only. Rear and side might not need permission but do check before you go ahead I have a conservation area near me...

You should be able to build right next to it as long as you are building within your boundary. Foundations, guttering etc must also be within your boundary. You will have to ensure you do not cause any damage to the wall. Foundations are often formed in 1m long sections to reduce the chance of...

That’s an interesting thread Freddy but I’m sure in practice its going to be difficult convincing a building inspector that a timber extension with a solid roof is a conservatory. It will be very interesting to see how Gazman16 gets on with the council. Keep us posted Gazman

I don’t think I agree with some of the above. In my opinion it does need planning permission as it is not built in materials of similar appearance to the original house – ie brick. See condition A.3(a) of http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2362/pdfs/uksi_20082362_en.pdf It should also...

Permitted development wise it makes no difference if its a conservatory or an extension - same rules apply. A conservatory is however exempt from building regulations assuming: 1. Less than 30 sqm 2. You keep an external door between conservatory and house (ie is is not open into the house)...

The house complied with the regs of the time it was built (if there were any). When you carry out alterations that require building regs approval they generally make you bring that bit up to the current regs. eg an old staircase can to stay as is but if you fit a new one in a new position it...

The building inspector is right. If the only way from the upstairs bedrooms to the outside is by walking through another room then you need fire escape windows in those upstairs rooms. To be fully compliant each room must have a window with a clear opening 0.33sqm min, 450min height, 450min...

The plans might be posted on the council planning website but the copyright still belongs to the architect. The house owner certainly has no rights over the drawings. However, copyright only prevents you from reproducing the drawings so you will not be able to amend them or use them for...

Don’t think this will comply. Needs to have clear opening 0.33sqm min, 450min height, 450min width, 1100mm max off the floor. Im also not sure that an electric rooflight will comply as what if the power goes off? An alternative is a protected passage to the front door. If you fit fire doors...

This extension would definitely need planning permission and you should have been written to. Sounds like a very large extension. I bet what has happened here is that the government announced last summer that they might try and relax the planning rules to possibly allow extensions up to 8m...

Use U-values as the last post. Celotex have an on line U-value calculator. Just type 'Celotex U-value calculator' into google and it will work it out for you

Catnic do provide a max load for the box section beams that you might be able to use but you still need to work out what the load is. The beam might be able to carry 30kN over 2m for example, but how do you know if the load is 20kN or 200kN? A structural engineer will certainly be...

You can put rooflights in the original roof under permitted development (ie without planning permission) but the extension must be built as the approved plans. I wouldn't put them in without permission if I were you as they are on the front and the planning officer is likely to notice during...