Help!
October 18, 2022 by Jam Sandwich in forum Planning Forum
#1391 Jam Sandwich , 18 October 2022, 06:59
Ah!
I am going round in circles … I will try and make this concise.
We inherited a shop earlier in the year, it was my Grandads. It’s a small terrace building on the highstreet. On the ground floor It has shop at the front, a room at the back and offshot which were residential. He has had it for 60 years and never done a thing too it - so it’s a big job. I really want to open it back upto a shop to honour him.
Upstairs residential accessed via stairs in the back which was also residential.
Plan, make all the downstairs a shop, make the upstairs a flat via external stairs. Planning permission and change of use granted…
The change of use downstairs has sparked huge implications from building regulations with the thermal part L element. It’s crazy, we would have to dig up floor / build out the walls with studs. I am shocked by this and quite honestly don’t have the money. We are planning to open to shop and leave the flat above until we have the funds….
Could we leave the use as is … as in split of the flat above., leave downstairs as front shop, back residential …. Would that incur less changes / it would only have a WC and small brew area … would that be ok to let out? Any advice welcomed … sorry for bad sentence structure I have scrawled this on my phone.
Thank you
I am going round in circles … I will try and make this concise.
We inherited a shop earlier in the year, it was my Grandads. It’s a small terrace building on the highstreet. On the ground floor It has shop at the front, a room at the back and offshot which were residential. He has had it for 60 years and never done a thing too it - so it’s a big job. I really want to open it back upto a shop to honour him.
Upstairs residential accessed via stairs in the back which was also residential.
Plan, make all the downstairs a shop, make the upstairs a flat via external stairs. Planning permission and change of use granted…
The change of use downstairs has sparked huge implications from building regulations with the thermal part L element. It’s crazy, we would have to dig up floor / build out the walls with studs. I am shocked by this and quite honestly don’t have the money. We are planning to open to shop and leave the flat above until we have the funds….
Could we leave the use as is … as in split of the flat above., leave downstairs as front shop, back residential …. Would that incur less changes / it would only have a WC and small brew area … would that be ok to let out? Any advice welcomed … sorry for bad sentence structure I have scrawled this on my phone.
Thank you
#1392 Damian, 18 October 2022, 08:11
If you’re not making any changes to the current use, then there should not be any changes that would warrant complying with the stricter Part L.
I am quite surprised BC have asked for the existing shop to be upgraded as that use isn’t changing. If anything, it should only relate to converting the residential part to the rear to commercial.
However, I’m not too sure on the rules/implications for Part L when it relates to commercial units. You may be better off seeking advice from an energy consultant.
I am quite surprised BC have asked for the existing shop to be upgraded as that use isn’t changing. If anything, it should only relate to converting the residential part to the rear to commercial.
However, I’m not too sure on the rules/implications for Part L when it relates to commercial units. You may be better off seeking advice from an energy consultant.
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