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Garage conversion

Is building regulations approval needed for a garage conversion?

The conversion of a garage, or part of a garage, into habitable space, will normally require approval under the building regulations.

General guidance on the performance expected of materials and building work in order to comply with the building regulations and practical examples and solutions on how to achieve compliance for some of the more common building situations can be found in the approved documents section.

Approved documents


Further Information 

The following pages give an indication of some of the elements normally required to satisfy the requirements of the Regulations when converting a garage.

Things to consider

You may find it helpful to use the following third-party commercial service to plan your home improvement project:

This link will take you to information about their services.

  1. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/home-improvement/planning-consultancy-calculator

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Use our partner directories from CIAT, FMB or RTPI to find an chartered architectural technologist, builder or planning consultant to help with your project or development.

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Useful links

Make an application Studio Charrette planning consultancy calculator
    1. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/common-projects/doors-and-windows/building-regulations
    2. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/common-projects/drains-and-sewers/building-regulations
    3. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/common-projects/electric-vehicle-charging/electric-vehicle-chargers
    4. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/common-projects/external-walls/building-regulations
    5. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/common-projects/internal-walls/what-building-regulations-apply-to-internal-walls
    6. https://planningportal.pp.tqinfra.co.uk/permission/common-projects/roof/building-regulations-work-to-an-existing-roof

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