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We are Independent Building SurveyorsOur highly qualified independent surveyors can offer you advice on your property problems and can carry out a building survey on your prospective purchase; whether it is residential or for business. We can prepare a schedule of condition and property report in relation to your lease. We carry out dilaps reports for landlords or tenants. If you have a property problem we may even already have written and article on it and would refer you to our home page www.1stAssociated.co.uk Please free phone us on 0800 298 5424 for a friendly chat. Free phone 0800 298 5424
We were recently travelling around doing our building surveys when we came across a garden the likes of which we have not seen before. The entirety of the front garden was filled with gnomes, possibly a few elves and some other figurines that you may describe as statues. It brought a smile to our face although it may not be great if you are a neighbour.
Planning problems put a shark through your roofIt did remind us of the shark going through a roof that we saw many years ago that we believe relates to a planning dispute that has now become almost a tourist attraction. If you are ever in the Oxford area it is worth a visit. It also does raise interesting questions about our planning laws which we won't get into here.
Planning PermissionsWe did wish for this article to have a slightly serious note that's with regard to local authority approvals. We define these falling into two areas with regards to homes and commercial properties that's planning permission and building regulations. Planning Permission Defined Planning Permission looks at the aesthetics of how alterations blend in or affects adjoining properties and the location. Building Regulations Defined This looks at the way the alterations have been carried out from a good practice point of view and health and safety point of view. Whilst the local authorities still give approval for the planning regulations there are various options with regard to building regulations. You can deal with a local authority surveyor or you can go to a private building control surveying partnership / practice / company. We would refer you to another article that we have done with regard to this; Approved Inspectors -v- Local Authority Building Control Officers
Here are some other articles on our website that go into more detail with regard to these various issues; Sorting out Property Problems with Solicitors and Surveyors
And don't forget if you are affecting a neighbouring property you will probably need the party wall etc. act
Should solicitors be giving opinions on planning and building regulation permission?
We recently had two cases where solicitors had given opinions on planning and building regulations where we have advised as part of our survey that they haven't got planning and building regulations. In one case the solicitor quite rightly referred it back to us for further advice and we explained the situation to the solicitor. In the other case the solicitor advised the client to not be overly concerned with the lack of planning permission and building regulations as after so many years it would be approved. Our point was that the solicitor had missed the point! The reason we have planning permission and building regulations is whilst they are not perfect they are there to help everyone to some extent. They are there to protect the client from unscrupulous builders and the neighbours from unscrupulous developers.
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