On Tuesday, 26 April 2016 22:00:36 UTC+2, bert wrote:
In article .com,
Simon Reveley writes
My wife has been
doing some training and apart from using an electrician for the wiring,
we intend to do it all ourselves.

It is the builders PLI they are asking for not yours, so ask him for a
copy.
What builder? That's the point; they don't have a builder.

You will be provided with PLI under your household insurance.
The OP could try sending in the household insurance, and see if the council
is happy with that.

To the OP: You say you are pretty much doing "like for like". The council
has said they don't care in that case.