On 17 Nov 2003 04:43:00 -0800, a particular chimpanzee named
(Matt Scantlebury) randomly hit the
keyboard and produced:

Do we need to supply more detail to the Building Inspector and have
the work checked at various stages?

It depends on whether you need a Building Regulations application or
not. The basic thing about Building Regulations is they only apply to
buildings. If it doesn't have a roof, it's not a building.

Unless your excavation will adversely affect a building (yours or your
neighbours), then no application is required. This is only likely to
happen if the depth of your house footings plus the distance from your
house footings to the start of your excavation is less than 1m.

Also, any idea how deep the footings for a 1m high wall (double
skinned engineering bricks with Cotswold Stone dressing) should be?

About the same as this piece of string.
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