The following are typical building works that you may carryout around your home, which will require approval:
- Home extensions (eg Kitchen, Bedroom).
- Loft Conversions.
- Structural alterations, such as the removal of a load-bearing wall or chimney breast.
- Installation of bathrooms, showers, which involve new drainage or waste plumbing.
- New windows in walls or roof.
- Replacement / Recovering of Roofs.
- Replastering / Re-rendering of walls.
- Replacement floors.
- Installation of cavity insulation.
- Installation of an un-vented hot water storage system.
- Underpinning of foundations.
- The change of use to form a dwelling (flat or house).
- Convering one dwelling into two or more, or converting two or more dwellings into less.
- The change of use of an integral garage to a habitable room.
- The installation of a wind turbine which is attached to the building.
- The installation of photovoltaic or solar panels.
- Works involving the underpinning of a building.
- Notifiable electrical work if carried out by an electrician not registered with one of the Governments Competent Persons Scheme.
- Replacement windows and doors if the work is not carried out by a contractor registered with one of the Governments Competent Persons Scheme.
The overall aim of the Building Regulations is to ensure that buildings are safe, weatherproof, protected against fire, have adequate drainage and in the case of certain buildings they are accessible to all.
