What about Building Regulations?
Building Regulations are separate from Planning Permission. You must check if you need building regulation approval before you construct or change buildings in certain ways. . .
The Building Regulations 2010 cover the construction and extension of buildings.
If you are carrying out building work, it is very important that you understand how the building regulatory system applies to your situation as you are responsible for making sure that the work complies with the building regulations.
Some building projects are exempt from the regulations, however generally if you are planning to carry out 'building work' as defined in regulation 3 of the building regulations, then it must comply with the building regulations. This means that the regulations will probably apply if you want to:
- Put up a new building
- Extend or alter an existing one
- Provide services and/or fittings in a building such as washing and sanitary facilities, hot water cylinders, foul water and rainwater drainage and fuel burning appliances of any type.
The responsibility for checking that building regulations have been met falls to building control bodies either from the local authority or the private sector as a registered building control approver. The person carrying out the work has the choice of where to get approval for the building work.
Pendle Property Design can apply for building regulations approval and liaise with your chosen provider to obtain the documentation required.