i've removed a studded wall in my bathroom to make it one room instead of a separate WC and bathroom.

Im selling my house and a query has been raised by the buyers solictor asking if the removal of the studded partition required building regulation or planning permission.

now it was none load bearing flimsy as fook - next doors is gone?


any idaes if I needed planning etc?

 

Me mum n dad done that to one of our old house's they didn't need any planning permission!

I'm almost sure you won't need to get any planning permission unless you are affecting an outside wall!

 

you will not need building regs but most likely you will have to get the building regs people write you a letter saying that building regs is not needed
we had to do something similar with our conservatory...

After we got the letter and sent it off to the sols we then had to go back and get aletter saying we did not need planning permission

 

who are the building regs people?

what chance have I got of getting this sorted and through quickly?

 

your local council office will have a planning dept some where,that who you need to see,well thats where i got all mine sorted for my extension and garage conversion

 

if it's non load bearing it should be A ok !

 

If it's a simple wooden partition then no

 

Best thing to do if your are not 100% sure is to give your local council office a call.

 

That's where I work, well building control and that's where you want to ask if anywhere

 

as james says contact building control, they will likely check it out and give you a letter of confirmation.

This is why you should always get building control to oversee any DIY work like removing walls you do as it makes less hassle later on when selling. Even if its only a stud wall, building control will give you a scrap of paper saying so for you to keep till ya in this situ

costs ya but saves ya if ya get me!

 

am I now going to get trouble doing it retrospectively?


it was only a simple studded wall. it nearly fell down on its own pmsl


what sort of cost is it to get building control or whoever to have a look?

 

we never had any problems with ours! New owners didn't even question it!

Just go down to ya local council babe and see what they say! May be different up your way as your all weird pmsl!