Change of use (buildings)

In some cases it is necessary to apply for Building Regulation consent even if it is envisaged that no actual building work is being carried out, because the use of the building itself is changing. This occurs where:

• The building is used as a dwelling where previously it was not (barn conversions for example)
• The building contains a flat where previously it did not
• The building is used as a hotel or boarding house where previously it was not
• The building is used as for institutional purposes where previously it was not
• The building is used as a public building where previously it was not
• The building is changed from an exempt use to one which is not.
• The total number of dwellings in a building is changed
• Building contains a room for residential purposes where previously it did not
• The number of rooms for residential purposes has increased or decreased
• The building is used as a shop where previously it was not

Not all Regulations apply to a change of use, and where one of the above occurs, other building work is almost inevitably necessary to comply with building regulations.

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