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Loft conversion
Marconie
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I'm currently selling my two bed leasehold flat. I have lived here since 2012 and no structural changes have been made. There was an existing room which I would say is a loft extension. We are quite late on in the process but their lawyers have asked for documents relating to a Loft conversion and a chimney which has been removed. I don't remember being given any documents for this when i purchased the property. When i looked online there was planning permission granted to split the house into two flats and on the plans the loft is already in the plans. This was back in 2004. I haven't sent this 2004 document off yet to my solicitor. How much of a pain will this be to sort out?
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I'm currently selling my two bed leasehold flat. I have lived here since 2012 and no structural changes have been made. There was an existing room which I would say is a loft extension. We are quite late on in the process but their lawyers have asked for documents relating to a Loft conversion and a chimney which has been removed.
Planning permission is not normally required for a loft conversion. Permission is required where you extend or alter the roof space and it exceeds specified limits and conditions.
You may need building regulation certificates for things such as removing the chimney.0 -
Planning permission is not required for a loft conversion if there are no changes to the structure of the roof or does not exceed (I think) 40m2. If it is used as liveable space and not just for storage, then Building Regs Approval will be necessary. Approval for the chimney removal is also required.
I'm no expert, but this should have been flagged in a home buyers report and checked by your lawyer before you purchased it. Getting approval retrospectively will require architect / structural engineers drawings and calculations to be submitted and probably a site survey by a building inspector.
Unfortunately planning permission and building regs are different bits of legislation. So having one doesn't necessarily mean you have the other.0
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