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Who do we ask to draw up a roof structure plan for a Rooflight?

Anonymous user 14/03/2024 - 2.34 PM

We recently applied for planning permission for a roof light and drew up all the plans, etc ourselves. Our house is not listed but is in the curtilage of a listed building and we have been granted permission on one condition: 3. Design Details - The rooflight shall not be installed until a plan at a scale of 1:20 showing the works required to the existing roof structure to insert the rooflight has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details. Reason: To maintain the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building and to comply with saved policy AB7 of the Adur District Local Plan I asked if our builder could provide these plans but they said they couldn't. Do we need an architect or a surveyor to do this as it seems a very expensive option for a small rooflight!! Can anyone help???

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Abbots Langley

You do not give a great deal of information but you might: 1] Phone planning and ask what specific features they are seeking to preserve and what details they are seeking to be contained in the drawing. 2]First Guess: You normally double up rafters at Veluxes; perhaps the existing rafters are of historic interest and need to be kept or expressed ? 3] 2nd Guess: It is possible to purchase conservation Veluxes with a strip down the middle so that the window looks like a traditional skylight; perhaps this is what they seek, a traditional looking skylight type Velux? 4] If you contact Velux they will provide you with detail drawings of their windows and recommendations for installation.

Answered23 October 2014

Anonymous user

It may seem an expensive option to employ a Chartered Architect or Chartered Surveyor to draw up this design, however as your building is a listed building, you should not trust your work in the hands of an amateur. I would always advocate using an RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)Architect, or RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Building Surveyor. These professionals are experts and will provide professional services which will help get the details agreed with Planning and the Conservation Officer and give you peace of mind that what is proposed is correct. Your Local Architect or Surveyor will most likely already have a working relationship with the Planner and Conservation Officer and will be able to assist you to get the level of details submitted for approval and help speed the process up and hopefully help you get the job done correctly and in a timely manner. For details of your local architect or surveyor, visit the RIBA website or RICS website. I hope this is of assistance.

Answered7 October 2014

Anonymous user

Its quite normal for Listed Buildings Approval to require a details such as that. Its not that complicated and a technician/plan drawer is quite capable of doing that for you. Shop around it and shouldn't cost an arm and a leg.

Answered30 October 2014