Cert of Compliance with Building Regulations

Hi, im afraid you'll have to provide a bit more information to get proper advice - size of development in square metres, how many floors, size of garden left over, what town/city council area you are in etc, - this will help determine whether you should have got planning permission originally. If the extension would not have satisfied the conditions for a planning exemption, then get an engineer/architect/building surveyor to prepare and submit an application for retention. If this is granted then the engineer will issue a cert of compliance with planning, if it was built in line with regulations at the time they also can issue an opinion of compliance with building regulations
 
Our house (part of estate of 42 houses) had been built in 1977. Attic converted into storage room, with pull-up ladder - with dormer windows at rear in 1982. Then lean-to extension to the rear (8ft x 8ft - small enough not to require planning permission) erected in 1990. Finally, wall between kitchen and dining-room removed to make it open-plan, with JSB erected for support - done in 2007. If we decided to sell the house within the next few years for down-sizing purposes, will the services of a building surveyor/architect be required to examine the house and provide necessary certificates of compliance, etc. prior to putting up the house on the market? Fortunately, the papers covering all the above works, including a letter from a county council approving attic conversion, have been retained on files, if the architect/solicitors want to check. Thanks in advance.
 
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