Restoration & Refurbishment

Full Refurb to be done - what requires planning permission?

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.01 PM

I am planning to buy a property that although mortgage-able, is in a poor condition and requires extensive refurbishment to the tune of around £40k (jobs are listed on the site). Every room needs several jobs done, and they are not small jobs. It really is an extensive refurbishment. The property is a split-level maisonette, also ex-authority, and was built in c1950 but as it is a flat, has no dining room. I would like to expand the current space to create a through-kitchen/diner/living area and brick off the extra doorway, as we don't need two doorways. There is a brick-built shed attached to the front porch, which we would like to convert into a downstairs toilet. This would mean pushing the front door out to be flush with the edge of the porch rather than in-set by 2 feet. How much of this can be done under the Permitted Development Law, and what, if anything, needs to go through the local council's Planning Permission Department? Nothing is being "extended" beyond the current realms of the blueprints for the property. I cannot find anything online to confirm if installing plumbing and changing the use of what is probably classed as a fully attached "outbuilding" requires planning permission of if it's covered with the Permitted Development Law.