Basically
for any barn conversion you will have to obtain Building
Regulations whether it be for a small extension, changing
of window, adding a porch or the complete conversion. Most
of my work has been associated with the South Norfolk Team,
who have been brilliant in their approach to the whole
spectrum of conversions as well as being very ameniable
and thorough. However the South Norfolk team has just joined
forces with other councils to form CNC, a partnership of
professionals. CNC have a wealth of experience and
knowledge of barn conversions and are happy to help technically
where required. They have a duty surveyor available from
11am to 5pm daily and if you ring before 10am they are
able to guarantee same day inspections on site.
Furthermore, if you decide to submit full plans applications
they can be
your sole plan checking authority throughout England and
Wales – this means that you (or your architect) can
build a relationship with CNC and have a single point of
contact surveyor dedicated to all of your projects from a
plan checking point of view. Obviously, if the site location
is outside Broadland, Norwich or South Norfolk the local
authority administering site inspections local to the site
would carry out those inspections on site. They have the
largest database of 'partner companies' who use CNC throughout
England and Wales for the plan checking service and always
looking to build relationships with local developers
and the community as a whole.
I worked along side them to develop
a mix for my crushed concrete foundations at the ‘Ecobarn’,
which meant doing several different trial mixes until we
found the perfect batch. Now the footings have all been done
using this mix and the results are fantastic. I hope in the
future not just locally but nationally we can adopt this
format of crushed conctrete in our foundations, as it saves
from extracting the equivalent from your local quarry. Thank
you for this help CNC.
P.S I can also mention some of other Building Inspectors
that have not worked with me as well as I would have liked,
I wont but you know who you are! |
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