PLanning permission for RSJ?

tommyatkins_2

Do we need planning permission to put an RSJ in to incorporate the old bathroom into our kitchen of our house?

Many thanks

maninthestreet

Probably not, but you may well need Building Regulations approval.

tommyatkins_2

Sorry to sound silly, it's our first house, do i have to pay for Building Regulations approval?

lisap4123

We have a similar situation. Work was completed 8 years ago to knock through from kitchen into downstairs wc and an RSJ put in place, back door moved and a new window put in. All done by a professional builders who are still trading and do extensions and new builds so should know their stuff ! We were told that planning permission not needed as using existing house and not extending, and that all work complied to building regs, but we didnt get a 'certificate'. Should we have had a certificate??

Dippypud

Building Regs change from time to time...

http://www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/buildingregulations/

Each local authority has a department that deals with the Regs check them out...

ormus

BCO service charges have just gone thro the roof.
due to the gov cuts. local councils are trying to get taxes from anywhere they can.

Moomum

You have to have an engineer give you calculations for the RSJ, ours cost about £400 for two. Then you need to apply for a 48hr building notice from your council and submit the engineers calculations, they will send someone out before you do the work, then check calculations, then either approve the work or say no, then if approved they will send someone to check it is done correctly. The building notice cost us £320.

martinthebandit

lisap4123 wrote: »

We have a similar situation. Work was completed 8 years ago to knock through from kitchen into downstairs wc and an RSJ put in place, back door moved and a new window put in. All done by a professional builders who are still trading and do extensions and new builds so should know their stuff ! We were told that planning permission not needed as using existing house and not extending, and that all work complied to building regs, but we didnt get a 'certificate'. Should we have had a certificate??

if I remember correctly 8 years ago the regs were different to what they are now so probably not

lisap4123

thanks for the suggestions and advice.

the dilema is do I really need to get building regs now for something which was done 8 years ago which probably complied with the regs at the time?

keystone

Why can't peeps use the "New Thread" button instead of exhuming ancient ones?

Cheers

tr8

lisap4123 wrote: »

thanks for the suggestions and advice.

the dilema is do I really need to get building regs now for something which was done 8 years ago which probably complied with the regs at the time?

when we moved a while back it came up in the survey of the house we sold, luckily we had some photos as it took weeks to get a copy of our certificate as we had lost the original, their valuer was happy with the photos to proceed but we still had to get a copy of the certificate and the one for our conservatory before completion of sale