ProDave

Looking at that aerial view I see another detached house on the other side of the road. Was that also built after the original houses on the side garden? How does that one opposite compare in size and bulk to what you are proposing? It looks to me only slightly wider than the original semi detached houses with a single storey garage. If you submitted something like that, and it was still refused, you would have very good grounds to appeal. Just because you have used a planning consultant to get this far, an appeal can be done yourself for virtually no cost if you are just appealing a refused application.

Ask the agent you want to see in the loft. go armed with a step ladder and a camera and post the pictures of the findings.

But I read the question that @Alan Ambrose wants to run the dc cables for lighting. Presumably therefore the ac wiring to the switch and to the transformer already exists. So this is not a new circuit. So he can do most of the dc wiring he wants without notification, as long as it is not not in a special location. Which is why in my original reply I said most is not notifiable.

Part P does not in most cases stop you running 240V lighting cables, so why do you think it would stop you running low voltage ones? Don't skimp on cable size. for a given power of lighting lower voltage = higher current. Many people think they can use bell wire for low voltage wiring.

Yes typical lack of joined up thinking. We need wind farms to meet the move to renewables, so it simply should not be that they are prohibited. I have just been talking to a friend of mine who happens to be a councilor. It appears by a similar state of stupidity, that councils here are still approving wind farm developments, in spite of this document saying they are not needed and will not be connected, because the Scottish National planning framework still says they are and has not been updated. He told me of one councilor being ejected from a planning meeting because he suggested no more should be approved in Scotland.

It has been a gripe of mine for some time that there is hardly a range of hills in Scotland without at least one wind farm, yet all the main hills in S England, Cotswolds, Chilterns, Downs (all of them) etc etc are devoid of any wind farms. I am all for sharing, but while Scotland has been the soft target, enough is enough and the people of the shires need to realise converting to wind power means you WILL see turbines spinning on your hills, you WILL see extra pylons matching across your landscape to connect them. It can't all happen, out of sight, of no consequence, in that distant outpost of the UK that you have vaguely heard about called "Scotland"

So what is that branch pipe coming round the corner then? Your other pipe further along is definitely foul waste with no inspection chamber or rodding access.

Why no more? Because we have enough already, and the grid can't connect more and get all that power down south. So they have decided sensibly, lets build more down near where most of the power is used. Drive around Scotland and it is hard to find anywhere you can't see a wind farm. Drive around England and it is often hard to find anywhere you can see a wind farm.

The report itself seems okay, it is the lousy "report it to Joe public" news article that is of the dumbed down nature. As I say, it DOES highlight Scotland has been the target for so much wind farm, and now there is a document confirming we have more than our target, so please no more. Time for England and Wales to have their share if they want the lights down there to stay on. I will be forwarding this to everyone I know .

I suspect it is all related to that drain. That looks like cast iron, and for the plumber to bash a hole in it like that with no sensible means of covering it is just plain bad, I would not be using the same plumber again. I think that whole corner around the drain pipe needs digging up, a proper look at what is going on there. I bet you will find all sorts of problems which is why the drain blocked in the first place. I suspect that whole stack will need replacing and a proper inspection chamber put in there for it to connect to. Then all the paving can be put back and levelled. Please don't ignore it, this is your human waste going down there via a pipe now with a big hole just above ground level.

I think it is time for a look in the roof space as already suggested. To my untrained eye I would say it has front and rear add on extensions with the existing sloped roof added on and continued down. So I still think the yellow wall in your sketch is the original wall where the roof finished before it was extended. You should be able to sell by the thickness of that wall inside the house. I bet it is a thick double skin wall showing it was once the outside wall.

Thanks. I had a look at that, not the easiest site to navigate, but it confirmed what I have thought for a long time, Scotland has enough onshore wind generation already. I pulled this paragraph: "Onshore Wind What’s the situation? Across some parts of Great Britain, there’s a shortfall in onshore wind power for 2035, meaning not enough wind projects are planned to meet the targets. England and Wales especially need more wind projects, while Scotland is already above its target. What happens next? In the next round of applications to connect to the grid, only wind projects in Scotland that have special protections (like planning permission) will be allowed to move forward. England and Wales will be open for new “ready” wind projects to help fill the gap. "

"They have then used a company called brick doctor to match some other bricks. The above picture is actually it repaired. " If you mean the picture I have re posted is the repair? If so the brickwork looks good, BUT before you agree to sign it off as complete, something needs doing to fill the huge gap between the (pretend) stone cill and the bottom of the UPVC bay window.

More pictures needed of that rear elevation from a side view or partial side view. Can you grab a satellite image of it and post that suitably anonamised?

A bit of common sense at last. Someone has finally woken up to the fact the required updates to the UK electricity grid just cannot happen as quick as needed, so they are now prioritising maximum return and scrapping what they are calling zombie projects. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/zombie-electricity-projects-in-britain-face-axe-to-ease-quicker-grid-connections/ar-AA1RUHYT?cvid=c5a99d221d7e4946a24f8787fdfa1199&ei=21 I would hope that means the scrapping to yet more relatively small wind farms here in favour of bigger ones in better locations (off shore) and likewise the something like 4 battery storage plants planned to occupy some of the fields not far from here.

That has had a wrap around single storey extension. So the Yellow wall is the original back wall and is holding up the original pitched tiled roof and the red wall is holding up the flat roof to the extension. You could take out the yellow wall, but not before organising some form of lintel to bridge the gap where you are removing the wall to keep the original roof up.

It is now with a big hole in the wall.

Quote of the year.

Completion certificate and an A EPC certificate to frame and hang on the wall.

(long sentence / paragraph) The dream : A unique chance to build the house of your dreams, designed and built to your design with perfect craftsmanship and detail. The reality: Nothing goes to plan in almost every way you could imagine (and plenty you could not) and you have to adapt, fight, be patient, get inventive and work your socks off to eventually reach where you wanted to get 5 years ago. Then the ultimate stupidity, you don't learn from your mistakes and think about doing it again.

I am shocked that a brand new car has been written off by this. As said above, that was some hard hit.

They are most likely immitation stone bricks, often cast from concrete in a mould with colouring. Bradstone was a well known manufacturer about the time that house was likely built, I don't know if they still exist. As above, you will be far better off getting the builder appointed to rebuild this, to salvage as many as possible of the original bricks for the outer face as possible, any new ones should be interspersed rather than having a patch of new. But don't let anyone tell you they are not available, they will be from somewhere preferably any "new" ones needed will be reclaimed and similar age / weathering. It will be an insurance claim so make sure you have a loss adjuster / surveyor on your side to make sure it gets rebuilt to your satisfaction.

Was that really new work done recently? It's a LONG time since I have seen joists fitted without joist hangers. Not since I was a boy playing on building sites at weekends (as you did then before elf and safety) and I remember thinking even then, gosh is 3 nails banged into the end grain all that is supporting that joist. And back then, it was.

Yes that is the thing. Just check it is the right size for your stove flue.

I have looked but I can't find it listed where I bought mine from. It is just a fireproof insulated sleeve that goes around the twin wall. In practice, the outside surface of our twin wall is barely warm to the touch and would not threaten even a piece of paper from igniting, but that might be very different with the pipe encased in insulation. Whatever you do, don't do it without the approval of your installer.