Russdl

First of probably many questions highlighting how far behind the drag curve regarding self build I really am... I'm struggling to find any clear guidance on what is and isn't permitted for a replacement dwelling. We own a fairly tired 1950's detached bungalow in a small village on the outskirts of Salisbury and want to demolish it and rebuild in a slightly different position on the plot. Can anyone point me towards the guidance documents I should be reading? Thanks. Russ.

Thanks for the replies. ragg987, I presume your's has been up and running for a while and there are no issues with having the vents relatively low. If that's so, then it's good news for me, it saves yet another redesign on my part!

My plan at the moment is to have the MHVR in a ground floor utility/plant room with the external vents at ground floor ceiling height (around 2.6m above external ground level). It sounds like that will be useful when it comes to cleaning the vents, but is that high enough from ground level to work efficiently?

Wow! I'm sorry I don't know the answer but I'm very impressed with the look of your proposed new build. From that image it looks so much like what we have planned (also hoping to use MBC), but so much better! Back to the drawing board... I'll be following this with a great deal of interest. All the best. Russ.

Be careful what you wish for Nick, I'll start bugging you all soon. Let's hope I don't get barred due to my depth of ignorance! Jeremy, yes, we're in Hurdcott. I had the pleasure of visiting your new build a couple of times last year. I take it you've not fully moved in yet as you say you're still in Porton?

Thanks Dave/Jeremy. Indeed Jeremy, after the demise of eBuild I was going to bang on your door to see if you'd be a consultant on my build! South Wilts; I'm on, and plan to be on, the A338 between Salisbury and Porton and I suspect 'planning' will be the topic of my first round of questions. Russ.

Hello all. Still a future self builder, just north of Salisbury. We have a bungalow, ripe for demolition (rented out). We have an ever changing plan. We have a timescale, it was a 5 year plan - one and a half to go. We had access to the most incredible font of knowledge - which died and seems to have been resurrected, so many thanks to the FFG. I'll get back to learning loads and be here with questions aplenty soon... Yours, gratefully. Russ.