Correct. Look for a local company or engineer who are familiar with the planners in that area and what they will allow. Adding a new door may raise a concern that you are trying to create a separate dwelling unit without meeting all the criteria that will go along with that.I assume planning permission is required if I’m altering the front of the house? If this is correct, is it best to go to an architect to handle?
While self-contained units are permitted under the rent-a-room scheme, such units requires planning permission. The problem you will run into is that in all cases I have seen over recent years, permission will only be granted where you can demonstrate a need to house a family member, and renting the unit out will be explicitly forbidden.Leo, we would like to put in the door so that we could avail of rent a room in a self-contained attached dwelling (which I understand is permitted).
Planning requirements are a lot broader than just building new things. You described the alterations yourself as creating a self-contained unit, just because you are not erecting any new walls does not mean this does not require planning. You are also changing a window to a door, that requires planning.We are not building a self-contained unit or anything like that.
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