Is planning required to remove the rear chimney above the roof line? Unclear if covered by PD...

[low_and_there]

Hoping someone could help clarify this for us:

 

We've got a mid-terrace victorian house and looking to remove the rear chimney above the roof line. It's a stump above the roof line, and the chimney pots themselves are long gone.

 

We've agreed with our neighbour who shares the chimney that we can take the whole thing down above the roof line since they're not using it either (and much easier than putting steel in to support the remaining brickwork of a redundant old chimney!)

 

We're doing this because we're taking out the whole stack on our side.

 

I know that if this were on the front of the house it would be require Planning but as this is at the rear of the house - and is not visible from the highway - it seems less clear if required or not.

 

We'll be doing building regs for it as part of wider full plans, so this question is just about the Planning Permission side.

Thanks!

 

 

[AliG]

It shouldn't need planning unless you are in a conservation area or it is a listed building.

 

It will require building regs approval.

[DevilDamo]

On 27/02/2023 at 12:20, AliG said:

It will require building regs approval.

Why would BR’s apply if there are no structural changes?

[markc]

No planning Or BR implications

[AliG]

8 hours ago, DevilDamo said:

Why would BR’s apply if there are no structural changes?

If it’s only above the roof line and nothing else then no BR. I thought the plan was to remove the rest of it also on one side which would need BR.

 

Looks like a BR application is being made anyway.

[low_and_there]

hi @AliG, yes, on our side we're removing the chimney the whole way through, for which we're going through the whole building control process. But for our neighbour, who is NOT removing the chimney internally, but rather we're paying to remove the 1m that protrudes above the roof line (and filling in their roof), at present I am trying to understand what process is required.

 

From the opinions on this thread it looks like the view is that neither PP nor BC/BR applies.