I live in a 2 bed terrace house. I am doing a bit more work from home lately so I am considering converting the loft space into something a bit more useable.
I do not want to do a full dormer conversion and will only be looking at a single (maybe two) velux windows.
At the moment my desk is in the main bedroom, and I would look to take 1.2m2 out of the corner of this room for a compact spiral staircase.
This will bring the stairs up to the highest point in the loft, and will allow me to have a landing at the top, and then box in with a door within the loft.
Floor would be strengthened, tanks moved and boarded out. Just looking to make a bit of useable space to move the desk up there. It will not be a bedroom.
My question concerns planning permission and building regs.
From what I have read, it seems that as it will not be a bedroom I would not need to apply for planning permission, but I am unsure as to whether or not I need any other regs/checks to comply with/be certified?
Any extra clarifications would be appreciated, thanks!
I do not want to do a full dormer conversion and will only be looking at a single (maybe two) velux windows.
At the moment my desk is in the main bedroom, and I would look to take 1.2m2 out of the corner of this room for a compact spiral staircase.
This will bring the stairs up to the highest point in the loft, and will allow me to have a landing at the top, and then box in with a door within the loft.
Floor would be strengthened, tanks moved and boarded out. Just looking to make a bit of useable space to move the desk up there. It will not be a bedroom.
My question concerns planning permission and building regs.
From what I have read, it seems that as it will not be a bedroom I would not need to apply for planning permission, but I am unsure as to whether or not I need any other regs/checks to comply with/be certified?
Any extra clarifications would be appreciated, thanks!