Exemptions
While you have every right to expect all work being done for you to be carried out in a fit and proper manner, the Building Regulations allow some works to be done without going through the Building Regulation process. In most instances it is advisable to contact your local Building Control Department to verify whether or not the work to be undertaken is in fact exempt.
Full details of buildings which are exempt are given in Schedule I of the Building Regulations. At the time of writing some of these are as follows:
- buildings not frequented by people (for example buildings only entered for interim inspections);
- greenhouses and agricultural buildings not used for retailing or inhabited;
- temporary buildings (remaining for less than 28 days);
- ancillary buildings;
- small detached single storey buildings (with no sleeping accommodation);
- conservatories (under 30m2);
- porches under (30m2);
- Crown property.
NB: A sun lounge is not exempt
