any rules on having a loft in the back garden

[speedbird]

im thinking of down sizeing & puting a loft in the back garden,do you need planing permision from the council or any other restrictions on doing this

[PIGEON_MAN]

EACH COUNCIL AS DIFFERANT RESTRICTIONS SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE ONE THAT COVERS YOUR AREA.

[Guest Paulo]

Yeah get in touch with the people in local authority planning will normally be the city or district council. Can be restrictions on size etc especially if your house is a council house. Another thing is new houses can be a problem as they have restrictive covents in place on keeping livestock etc (might lower the tone of the posh new estate what).

 

There's a guy in the british homing worl studbook whose an architect who specalises in this sort of thing especially if the local authority says you can't have a loft his details are as follows:-

 

Ronald Shirley

 

01453 843 180

 

e-mail shazz@gotads1.co.uk

 

He offers a special service for RPRA members knowing what poxy architects are like prob means he charges you twice as much.

 

If you do need some advice without paying for it if you get problems chuck me a pm I'm an asbestos surveyor but I'm currently doing my honours degree in building surveying at Northumbria Uni. I also work closely with chartered building surveyors in a local authority dept with the planners so I should be able to get you some decent advice somewhere. However to be fair to Ronald as a speciallist in this sort of work he'll prob have it sussed however he may be expensive most architects are.

 

Plus everybody knows an architect is just a frustrated artist or a building surveyor with half his brains and common sense removed.

 

Hope this helps you mate