Permission is always required for any building work or alterations to be done on your property, but it’s not always clear how Planning and Building Regulations approval processes differ. There are also responsibilities under the construction health and safety regulations to consider. Building Regulations set standards for the design and construction of buildings to ensure safety and health for people in or about those buildings. They also include requirements to ensure things such as fuel and power are conserved and facilities are provided for people, including those with disabilities, to access and move around inside buildings. Planning is there to guide the way towns, cities and countryside develop, including the use of land & buildings, how buildings look, landscaping, access to highways and how the development will affect the general environment. For most building works, separate processes are required for both Building Regulations and Planning Permission. For building work, such as internal alterations, Buildings Regulations approval is needed, but Planning permission may not always be necessary. When in doubt you should always contact your Local Planning Authority or a Building Control Body. When carrying out, or having construction or building work done, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) may need to be notified and there may be other duties as well under the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007). Although a domestic client does not have duties under CDM 2007, those who work for them on construction projects do. If you are considering having building works, email us sales@batterseabuilders.co.uk and one of our team will be able to advise you further.

Here is the planning departments response......... "You would need planning permission for the wood burning stove if it requires a new external flue. If the flue is located internally within an existing chimney stack then you would not require planning permission. If a new external flue is proposed then you can include this within one single application for the doors and flue." So, next question is how do I know if I have a flue or even an existing chimney - seems stupid question to ask. Been in this house for nearly 3 years. There is a 'chimney breast' in the lounge but the previous owners had a plugged in electric fire. The house is from around 1950 - old bungalow. There are no obvious chimneys outside - there are full dormers above. Pic attached of how it currently looks.... guess I just need to pull out the fireplace and look or is it someone special I need to do that? Thanks!

London seems to have returned to the Middle Ages even now. Too many migrants are heading to London. And there are areas where garbage and rats have become the main masters of the city. I left London a few years ago. When crowds of people began to rush to this city. I decided that it was more profitable to maintain a farm in the village and bought a small farm. Initially, I only needed a small tractor that I ordered for https://www.machinerydealer.co.uk . Now my farm is thriving and brings a stable income. And my customers are decent and well-mannered people.

You don't need planning permission but you DO need building regulations as it would need to be a fire door.