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I live in an outbuilding which is made up of strong materials but I think that one external wall is constructed with a single layer of breeze blocks and I would like to know if this is a class 1 or 2 Housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS) harzard

The City Council told me that it can allow an outbuilding to be used for residential purposes only if it has its own independent supply of electricity and water However in the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 it is not stated that this is necessary to be fit for human habitation...

I rent a room in a outbuilding at the end of a garden. And, my landlord lives in the main house. My room has its own electrical panel with its own main circuit breaker which can cut all the electricity into my room. However, my landlord is able to cut my electricity into my room from his house...

The complaint procedure of my Council has three stages. Stage 1 is dealt with by an officer of the Council, stage 2 is dealt with by the head of the relevant sector and stage 3 is dealt with by the chief executive of the relevant sector. I made a complaint to the Council under stage 1 of its...

My neighbour has obtained a planning permission to enlarge existing windows which have obscured glasses and to insert an additional window at the rear of his property with a planning condition which says that the new windows should have also obscured glasses to protect against overlooking Then...

The two parties of a lease agreement which is 999 years long are the lessor who is a woman who is the freeholder of the property and the lessees who are this woman herself and a man. There is something very strange in this lease agreement because there is only the signature of the woman and of...

A garage has a restrictive planning condition imposed on it which says it should be kept available at all times for garage use. In the proposed plan it was indicated that there is no access from the garage to the other parties of the house. However this garage has not been developed...

I would like to know if a property which does not have council tax band because it is not habitable could have permitted development rights

I complained to the planning department because my neighbour has allegedly transformed his property which was a block of flats into a single dwelling house only to get permitted development right. In the report of the planning department it is stated that the only alteration made to this...

I would like to know if planning permission could be granted to build a new flat in a basement if the windows in the ground floor through which the light go into the basement through the stair have no statutory right to light because these window were inserted less than 20 years ago. The risk...

I have read that if there is a previous planning condition imposed on a development a planning permission application is necessary to undertake this development I have read also that if a development is contrary to a planning condition this could be a reason why a planning permission could be...

Houses contrary to flats have permitted development rights. Hence an owner could amalgamate his block of flats into a single dwelling house to be granted permitted development rights. And once the developments allowed by the permitted development rights will be completed this owner can simply...

A former block of flats has been allegedly transformed by its owner into a single dwelling House. However the problem now is that the only way to go from the living room into the bedrooms is to go first through the garage. Moreover this garage is protected by a planning condition and as a...

I would like to know if a house where to go from the living room to the bedrooms the only way is to go first through the garage could be a single dwelling house and if this is legal according to Health & Safety Regulation and UK Building Regulation

The applicant made an application for a pre-advice about a proposed development and paid a fee for it. The pre-advice given by the LPA says that a specific kind of planning condition should be imposed to the proposed development. Following this pre-advice the applicant made an application...

I heard that if we want to do a development on a building or on a part of a building planning permission is compulsory if a planning condition was imposed on this building or part of a building even if this planning condition was imposed many years ago. I would like to know if someone knows...

I think that if we need to have access to our neighbour’s land to do work on our own land we have to use either The Party Wall Act 1996 or the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992. I would like to what differences there are between these two acts. I would like to know what are the...

To insert translucent windows in a back of a house made up of flats planning permission is necessary. However no planning permission is necessary if this house is considered as being a single dwellinghouse. In this case if permission is not granted because for example there have never been any...