DevilDamo

What do you mean?

No. As @Temp mentioned, you could approach the applicant/owner to find out who they instructed to deal with the condition.

- Full application (£578) - VoC application (£293) But note a Full application may need to be accompanied by various assessments, reports and surveys. You don’t need those for a Pre-app enquiry or an Appraisal by a PC.

Some LPA’s will not even consider a Full application if you haven’t been through their Pre-app process. Have you checked to see how much a PC would charge for a site/scheme appraisal?

You are limited to an overall height of 2.5m and so anything more requires Planning. Note this only relates to a replacement roof. It does not mean the existing has to be reduced.

Firstly, insulating between and under the rafters is not a warm roof. It’s a cold roof and would therefore require venting. Have you already battened the pitched roof element because if not, can you not add insulation above the rafters? A cold roof would have probably been better, especially if the roof void was just for access. So yes… as the builders had stated, 300mm of Rockwool or similar laid between and over the ceiling joists. Even those roof voids remain reasonably warm.

Apologies and I think you are right! Class A covers rendering, cladding, etc… to the existing walls but re-roofing would appear to come under Class C. The OP would however require Building Regulations.

It depends upon the proposals.

Planning is not just to do with the height. The width cannot be greater than half the width of the house and its materials have to be similar to the house. There is also an eaves height when within 2m of a boundary… https://www.planningportal.co.uk/permission/common-projects/extensions/planning-permission If it’s open on at least 2 sides, it could be exempt from Building Regulations via the definition of a carport. Otherwise, it will require BR’s and yes, it can be done via a Building Notice. Submit the application, pay the fee, Building Control will register the application and then carry out regular inspections and issue a Completion Certificate at the end. Any existing elements that are due to receive additional loading would need to be justified by an engineer. Building Control will request that information along with engineers’ details/calculations for the other structural elements.

As slates are not considered to be “similar” to tiles, you will require Planning.

The first thing you should check is whether the land the in question is deemed as public amenity land. This is irrespective if you own the land or not. If the land is public amenity land, you will require a formal application to change its use from public amenity to a private residential garden. If the land is not public amenity land, the second thing you would need to check is whether the property benefits from Permitted Development rights, in particular Class A. If the property does not have Class A PD rights, you will require a formal application. If the property does have Class A PD rights, you will be allowed to erect a fence up to 1m. A fence that exceeds 1m would require formal Planning as @joe90 mentioned.

@joe90 BR’s wouldn’t have an issue in that situation as the door would not cross the stair landing. But it’s still a little odd.

It’s standard practice for the cladding to oversail the masonry line anyway as it’ll provide a drip.

You’re going to have quite a lot less full height units with that layout (as a removal of the internal wall). Is your house 2 or 3 storeys? If the latter, you are going to struggle to achieve BR compliance with that open plan layout. If the former, all windows to habitable rooms on the first floor would need to be suitable for means of escape.

Just a couple of minor observations with the current layout. Why does the door to the master Bedroom open outwards? Will the door to the Store (within the master) be a reduced height door? If not and it is to be cut/chamfered to match the slope, it will currently clash with the slope. It would therefore need to be hinged on the other side.

@Alan Ambrose Just curious, do you not have the ability or function to quote?

Make sure you’re aware of the Planning implications as anything over 300mm requires approval… even if it is a replacement.

Eh!?! How are you getting away with 300mm deep? Or are you referring to the thickness of the concrete as opposed to the actual depth below ground level?

The Planning Officer should know that and in their report, would refer to the information which deals with the particular objection. No harm in emailing the consultee and copying in the Planning Officer for a full belt and braces approach though.

@Alan Ambrose PD rights were removed for a reason. The onerous is on the homeowner to check and apply for the necessary approvals. I would not advise anything but to follow the rules… unfortunately.

Replacement is treated as new. You will “at least” be excavating within 3m of their building and to a deeper level.

A shed is an outbuilding, similarly to a greenhouse and detached pergolas which are both deemed as outbuildings.

No it is not. A replacement building or structure is deemed as a new building or structure.

Ventilated upstands at each junction.

If Class E PD rights have been removed, then you will require Planning via a Householder application.