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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    With the benefot of hindsight Tony! Lesson learned is to research these things more thoroughly in future...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    John, I understand where you are coming from but I still think you're missing the key point here: whether what you're building is defined as a conservatory or a porch by law. For the purposes of any regulations (I enforce unrelated regulations for ref) you need to be clear on this definition...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    Cheers Richard :mrgreen: Issues that need resolving for BR's: - Depth of footings (seems to be the main issue) - Depth of concrete slab (it's been laid to 100mm but they want evidence of such) - Drains: We had to reroute a private sewer during the build, they want this to be pressure...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    Yeah I've seen the circular and even refered the BCO to it. Again, it doesn't help as for one: it just repeats the wording from the regs; for two it explicitly states: So I'm no better off as it suggests decisions can be made by the local authority :roll: At this stage I'm actually...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    John, I explained this and the BCO agreed. However, for the purposes of the regulations we still need to define what a conservatory is before we can rule if it's exempt of not. My local authority are still using the 2006 definition and the LABC guidance as the basis for their decision as...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    Thanks John and Richard, useful discussion once again. To clarify, yes, my question is what defines it as a "Conservatory" Only then as Richard has outlined can I assess if it's an exempt conservatory. I've literally just asked this question of another local BCO. I said his colleague had...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    Thanks John, Unfortunately not the view of our local BC. They're stating that due to having a solid roof it classes it as an extension, even though it meets the 3.15/16 criteria from the regs...
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    Building Regs Classification of a Conservatory

    Hi guys, First post! Have to say I've found this thread extremely useful with regards to my own situation (more on this in a sec) so thanks to everyone who's contributed so far. Anyway. I'm currently in the middle of a "conservatory" build. The original plan was to have the two side...
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