Any builders in?

[Wendelspanswick]

you don't need to spend that sort of money on planning even if required, in fact there is actually no need to submit correctly scaled drawings for full planning permission only Builing regs approval. I will have a wild punt and guess monkeymark paid nothing at his council to get confirmation none required. The last fee I paid for planning permission on a 1 million property was about £250 , I think your getting all muddled up with bregs and pp. Building regs needs proper drawings, usually calcs on the stucturals an is based upon percentage of the build cost they estimate

You missed my point Kent, our local Planning department charges a flat fee of £160 to look at your proposed build to see whether it needs planning or not, they will refuse to discuss it without this fee. If I had checked with them first for all of the building work we have done that £2000-£3000 would have been for the PD to say no you don't need planning permission!

As an example when we built the large extension, which had to be under 4m in height, I rang up the planning to enquire as our ground was sloping was the 4m measured from the high or low? Their reply was to submit drawings and the standard fee of £160 and they would look into it!
In the end it didn't matter as we changed the design and had a pitched roof with a 1800mm flat traditional copper section on top.

 

[Kent]

You missed my point Kent, our local Planning department charges a flat fee of £160 to look at your proposed build to see whether it needs planning or not, they will refuse to discuss it without this fee. If I had checked with them first for all of the building work we have done that £2000-£3000 would have been for the PD to say no you don't need planning permission!

As an example when we built the large extension, which had to be under 4m in height, I rang up the planning to enquire as our ground was sloping was the 4m measured from the high or low? Their reply was to submit drawings and the standard fee of £160 and they would look into it!
In the end it didn't matter as we changed the design and had a pitched roof with a 1800mm flat traditional copper section on top.

Well I have one this from the midlands to the Scottish border and never come across such a thing within a council an if I did I should raise stink over it and no I certainly do not get were this thousands figure is coming from

 

[ford34/2]

can I not persuade you to go the whole hog, two "Orangery"we built together for my two sons, both needed Bld regs, few year back now. If not consider the future prospect of tiling the roof with lightweight tiles,The Bld regs are handy as then its all above board and the final signing off with all the right paperwork/certificates available when you sell.
Stan

 

[mike os]

you can do a sketch (needs to be reasonably to scale but not accurate) with key dims, ... must show plan and elevations, site boundary and ndjacent properties if close

take to planning and ask if it needs planning, some insist on taking it away with a small fee (last one I did was £26), some will say there and then if it obviously does not, and they will tell you if it does, may or no. if no ask them to stamp and initial drawing and keep safe.

then do the same with building control.. some work is exempt and you may just get lucky and not need either....

make sure you leave a proper external door from the house into the conserve as it can change some of the requirements in your favour sometimes ( you can remove after the work is completed if you chose )

the above varies from council to council so will depend where you are

if either say yes you will need plans for planning but you can do the building work on a building notice ( but as fee is the same if you have to get plans you might as well put in for both)... but then you are t the mercy of the inspector and need to discus every detail with him beforehand to ensure he is happy otherwise you will need to remedy it.