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Contact the local planning office to check?
Pretty sure you're fine to DIY as long as you're not in a listed building or conservation area. If you want to sell it as an extra living room or something you'd need to get them involved.
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I suspect that if you are just making it a less awful place to do workshop tinkering or keep a fridge freezer then just insulate away.
Also:
- if you didn't tell them, would they find out?
- if done, is it done irrevocably?
- do your insurers care?
- when you come to sell, would the work significantly contribute to the cost of house, and would the buyer expect BC approval?
Practically speaking, if its a no to all of the above, not a lot stopping you...
- if you didn't tell them, would they find out?
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I'm still confused on building regulations, and whether I need to get building regs involved if I want to DIY insulate and plasterboard my attached garage? theres alot of talk about 'conversions' but I'm not sure I want to convert? there will still be a garage door, no new windows or doors and its purpose isnt changing from 'workshop/dumping ground' to any 'living' space.