Do we need planning permission to add a new bathroom?

Broglie

hi,

we are thinking of buying a home which only has one bathroom on the ground floor. We need an additional bathroom on the firstfloor.
Do we need planning permission to add a new bathroom on the first floor?

Thanks

Surrey_EA

As in you'd like to convert an existing room to a bathroom, or you wish to build an extension to the property to provide another bathroom?

lincroft1710

You will need Building Regulations Approval definitely and planning permission possibly.

Broglie

Surrey_EA wrote: »

As in you'd like to convert an existing room to a bathroom, or you wish to build an extension to the property to provide another bathroom?

No extension. Just reduce take out a cupboard or storage area and put a new bathroom.

Broglie

lincroft1710 wrote: »

You will need Building Regulations Approval definitely and planning permission possibly.

ok. Any idea how long does it take to get these approvals?

Broglie

Another alternative is that we can convert the bathroom downstairs to cloak room and then add a bathroom upstairs?

do we still need planning permission?

Surrey_EA

Broglie wrote: »

ok. Any idea how long does it take to get these approvals?

It is quite likely you'll need to get building regs, speak to the building control dept at your local council, but I can't see why you'd need planning consent.

lincroft1710

BRA can take weeks, will often depend on the council involved. Where a bathroom is involved as well as correct plumbing requirements and connection to main sewer, particular concern applies to position of electrics therein.

G_M

If reconfiguring the internal of an existing building, no Planning Permission required.

Building Regulations certification will be required to ensure quality, safety etc.

You (or builder) would ee to submit plan to Building Control, who would inspect the progress of the work at carious points and sign it off when finished.

Search you local authority's website for details.

Doozergirl

No planning permission required for internal alterations (unless you live in a listed building)

You will want your upstairs bathroom to share the existing soil stack with your downstairs bathroom, if possible. This means locating it directly above, if possible, or nearby. It saves an awful lot of money over digging out new drains.

Building Control would not be done with plans for a bathroom, it would be done via 'notice' for such a small job. They ask that you give 14 days notice before starting work, which you should be able to do, but even if you gave notice on build day 1, they'll only be inspecting at the very end as the requirements for a bathroom are simple and easily viewed at the end of the project.

Requirements are a basin with hot and cold water where you have a loo, an appropriately configured extractor fan and appropriate means of waste. If you're messing with electrics then those will need a certificate too, provided by the electrician and passed on to Building Control, usually