Hi there,
First time poster!
We have had an offer accepted for a piece of land - hurrah! Our land is part of a wider plot of 7 properties all with detailed planning permission, and the landowner is building one of the plots themselves to live in. All houses are to be built in a common style and the landowner does not want any changes to the exterior of the house if it requires planning amendments (including material). This is because the council were quite challenging and very particular about various planning elements, but more importantly, are affected by the Natural England nutrient neutrality advice.
We are fine with the outside of the house, and the plot is in the perfect location, but the internal layout doesn't fit us 'out of the box' so we are going to be speaking with an architect to make tweaks to it. Something I wanted to check is whether you can remove a chimney breast without informing the planning authorities? This is the only plot with plans for two chimney breasts, the rest all have one, and with potential internal changes it really doesn't make sense for us to have them both. Can we simply not build one without informing, or would it be considered as a non-material or material amendment?
Thanks!