Building Regulations On A Garage

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

Building regulations on a garage.

The floor area of the garage is between 15 square metres and 30 square metres provided the garage is at least one metre from any boundary or it is constructed substantially of non combustible materials. 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. The conversion of a garage or part of a garage into habitable space will normally require approval under the building regulations. The conversion of a garage or part of a garage into habitable space will normally require approval under the building regulations.

Under the building regulations most types of building work must be inspected and approved by building control officers for reasons of public health and safety. The works that building control will be interested in are. An external window or door is a controlled. The floor area of the detached garage is less than 15 square metres.

Building a detached garage of less than 30 square metres floor area would not normally need building regulations approval if. However there are exceptions to this and certain types of car port or detached domestic garage are exempt from requiring consent under the building regulations.