id struggle with thisHi. We are doing a kitchen extension at the moment. The engineer will be supplying structural report. I was under the impression that he will also be supplying compliance with building regulation report. Now the builder is saying that he will be doing compliance with building regulation report himself. I.e. he is choosing all materials himself and certifying compliance of materials and workmanship himself.
an architect?I am not really sure what is the standard practice? Should the engineer be doing it? otherwise who is overseeing the builder? It looks like the engineer has more of advisory role but the builder picks his own materials and noone really oversees his work. Well. the engineer supposedly comes out to check each stage. Who usually supplies compliance with building regulation report?
Both the architects and engineers' details get submitted to building control for approval, normally prior to works commencing on site.
have electricity re-instated (there is a pylon immediately adjacent, on my land)
If I need planning permissions and to submit proposals should I (re-) employ the engineer who gave the 'all-clear' on the structure and land-boundaries? Who do I submit what to? .
Just to point out that the distance of the pylon may not be relevant, as it probably carries 3 phase high voltage electricity and not 220V AC that domestic houses use.
you will need to talk to the ESB networks and find out how much work and cost is associated with getting power to your house.
It it not possible for any of us to know whether you need planning permission or not. In normal circumstances an extension of 40sq m or more needs planning permission, but has already been pointed out, depending on how derelict the house is and when it was inhabited last and the guidelines for the area, the local authority may deem that you need planning permission as though you are building from stratch.
You can apply for a pre-planning meeting with the planning office of the local authority to ask and you might want to get profesional advice from an architect who knows the area and knows how the local planning office reacts to plans like yours.
Good luck with your plans,
I strongly recommend you bring an architect with sketches of what you intend to build to a pre-planning meeting of any kind ( or your archs sketches and a planning consultant in extreme cases). all too frequently people get false directions and mixed messages by not understanding the process or local development planI wondered about these Pre-Planning Clinics. Is it a situation where details of the project can be discussed and specific advice got on time-scales to granting of pp or more general 'how-to-fill-out-forms' and repetition of what's on the CoCo website?
You'll need planning permission before the ESB will engage to give you indicative pricing. If you're within 500m of the medium voltage network, the charges are laid out [broken link removed], otherwise they'll need to carry out a site assessment before determining what the costs are. Full details [broken link removed].
I strongly recommend you bring an architect with sketches of what you intend to build to a pre-planning meeting of any kind ( or your archs sketches and a planning consultant in extreme cases). all too frequently people get false directions and mixed messages by not understanding the process or local development plan
Id given up on the OP to be honest there had been a few posts since, and the OP's question,answered in brief by me, and answered much more eloquently by threebedsemi.. so I felt we had moved one. perhaps not but then I left the forum for a few days and started reading again with:Whilst completely understanding and accepting that any site development requires planning permission, I'm still struggling with two issues coming up here:- (a) what activity constitutes development; (b) what professional(s) need be involved in 'certifying' the standard of the work (this is what the OP asked).
and i thought yeah good advice, ive given it a thousand times , the ones who listened generally had a good experience, or at least found out what they needed to know early in the process before peoples time and money had been wasted.It it not possible for any of us to know whether you need planning permission or not. In normal circumstances an extension of 40sq m or more needs planning permission, but has already been pointed out, depending on how derelict the house is and when it was inhabited last and the guidelines for the area, the local authority may deem that you need planning permission as though you are building from stratch.
You can apply for a pre-planning meeting with the planning office of the local authority to ask and you might want to get profesional advice from an architect who knows the area and knows how the local planning office reacts to plans like yours.
Good luck with your plans,
you can discuss the weather if you want but the goal is to understadn what the planners will expect and what the issues are. problem is you will potentially leave that meeting with a completely differnt idea of what is required to say an architect.. but i love your last line and that was the give away - which promptedI wondered about these Pre-Planning Clinics. Is it a situation where details of the project can be discussed and specific advice got on time-scales to granting of pp or more general 'how-to-fill-out-forms' and repetition of what's on the CoCo website?
I strongly recommend you bring an architect with sketches of what you intend to build to a pre-planning meeting of any kind ( or your archs sketches and a planning consultant in extreme cases). all too frequently people get false directions and mixed messages by not understanding the process or local development plan
nothing (once you comply with the above outlined points)(a) what activity constitutes development; (b) what professional(s) need be involved in 'certifying' the standard of the work (this is what the OP asked).
Here's the position. I could put a ladder up against the wall and fill a hod with lime-plaster and repoint some stonework. Then I could get my pick-axe and hack out the cement some previous owner tipped over flagstones, lift them for reuse and have a professional outfit drive up to the door and pump an ecologically-sound insulating foundation with all the trimmings, then reset my flags. I could move the ladder inside and (health and safety) on my new, smooth floor get up to the loft-space and lay sheep-wool insulation. I could then decide to replace the single-glazed windows with double or triple-glaze.
My struggle is in trying to understand which part of my activity in improving the warmth and comfort of my property needs to be "designed" and "sketched" by a plethora of experts including Quantity Surveyors, Architects, and Engineers? Where is the tipping-point of doing (informed and experienced) D.I.Y. tip over into Planning Permission?
just clarify for us -The responses to the OP's question - on certification - intrigue me. One response to my earlier post was to suggest the CoCo might consider the dwelling to be no longer a dwelling if it has been vacant for some time. There is in fact no issue of change of use.......it was a dwelling/is a dwelling as I will be dwelling in it which is what makes it - by definition! - a dwelling.
..off to climb ladders, wield pick-axes and
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