Advice sought - Removal of Stud wall & planning permission etc.
 

A while ago we removed a stud wall to enlarge our kitchen, we were blatantly
oblivious of regulations and didn't think we needed to get planning
permission for a stud wall. oops.

Now we want to re-mortgage and have run into trouble. (The mortgage company
are asking for paperwork).

What should our next step be?

Advice Gratefully received!

Thanks

How do they know you removed it?

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:26:14 GMT, "Haircut" wrote:

A while ago we removed a stud wall to enlarge our kitchen, we were blatantly
oblivious of regulations and didn't think we needed to get planning
permission for a stud wall. oops.

Now we want to re-mortgage and have run into trouble. (The mortgage company
are asking for paperwork).

What should our next step be?

Advice Gratefully received!


Unless your house is listed or subject to some weird and wonderful
covenants you wouldn't need planning permission to remove an internal
wall. Who told you that you did ?

Building regs may be a different kettle of fish but even there I'd be
surprised if anyone cared if the wall wasn't a supporting one.

Your next step could be to tell the mortgage company to get stuffed,
politely, of course :-)

Cheers,

John

"Haircut" wrote
| A while ago we removed a stud wall to enlarge our kitchen, we were
| blatantly oblivious of regulations and didn't think we needed to
| get planning permission for a stud wall. oops.
| Now we want to re-mortgage and have run into trouble. (The mortgage
| company are asking for paperwork).
| What should our next step be?

You probably don't need planning permission to remove the wall, but check
with the planning dept of the council.

What you would have needed would be a building warrant to show compliance
with building regulations. In this scenario the most likely concerns would
be proof that the wall really was non-loadbearing (stud walls can be
loadbearing, for varying values of load) and the resulting layout of the
rooms with regard to fire regulations. The building control dept of the
council are the people who enforce B Regs.

Owain

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:05:01 -0000, "Owain"
wrote:

"Haircut" wrote
| A while ago we removed a stud wall to enlarge our kitchen, we were
| blatantly oblivious of regulations and didn't think we needed to
| get planning permission for a stud wall. oops.
| Now we want to re-mortgage and have run into trouble. (The mortgage
| company are asking for paperwork).
| What should our next step be?

You probably don't need planning permission to remove the wall, but check
with the planning dept of the council.

What you would have needed would be a building warrant to show compliance
with building regulations. In this scenario the most likely concerns would
be proof that the wall really was non-loadbearing (stud walls can be
loadbearing, for varying values of load) and the resulting layout of the
rooms with regard to fire regulations. The building control dept of the
council are the people who enforce B Regs.

Talk to building control and check if you really did need their
approval. If so you can usually get retrospective building approval
(I forget what name they give it). You pay an extra 20% AFAIR.


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