Argh! What to do,
We put a WC and hand basin into a cupboard of our home last year. We checked that we didn't need planning permission and went ahead with the work using a very reputable plumbing company. We didn't have an upstairs loo and its a godsend, we didn't do it to add value to the house more for practical reasons.
Now we are selling the house and have been repeatedly asked for Building regs and completion certificate. I explained to our solicitor that we didn't need planning permission however it again has been asked for.
On Friday I called the LA, spoke to planning who again confirmed no planning consent was required and almost as an after thought on the call said I needed to speak to "Building Control", so I called them, I didn't give our address, I said we were thinking of converting a cupboard and gave a description identical to our bathroom, he said it wouldn't be an issue, that we needed to down load a form, pay £266 to get plans looked at and then they would look at the work when completed, they would mainly want to check drainage.
Now I am panicking, can I get this retrospectively done? Should I offer to pay for Idemnity insurance? I am really panicking as we are due to exchange next week, we can't exchange before sorting this out.
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TurnWifiOn · 16/11/2015 11:16
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