Apparently (according to the BBC) the new owners of Jimmy Saville's penthouse flat are going to demolish it and build something else. Let alone the covenants on what's presumably a top floor leasehold flat, how would you get building regs approval for plonking something different on top?
You go down to the Planning Department and fill out all the necessary forms. Under most circumstances, I would expect planning approval to be the stumbling block, rather than building regs approval. However, in this case, I suspect they will get a very sympathetic hearing from the planning committee.
Colin Bignell
What they gonna put there though. I dare not say what I'm thinking.
Brian
If they have any sense, at least two apartments. One would still run the risk of it being linked in many people's minds to the previous owner.
Colin Bignell
I wonder if they got it cheap?
AIUI, about £100k below the original asking price.
Colin Bignell
Dunno about replacing one that's already there, but a block down the road from my sister was allowed to build a penthouse on the top of their flat roof
tim
You would get Building Regulations approval by building something that complied with the requirements for structure, fire safety, resistance to moisture, etc.
Planning Permission is a whole different matter.
Wasn't something like that done on top of a block on Bournemouth/Boscombe seafront and it featured in an early edition of Grand Designs or similar programme? Two things I remember about it, inadequate weather protection and they took a gamble against rain and lost causing damage to the existing properties below but didn't really care much they had done so. Installation of Led lighting that changed colour in some sort of roof dome thing which the woman of the partnership decided was worth adding about £3000 on the cost. probably be able to do it for about £50 with bits from ebay now. I have a feeling we discussed the project and rain damage on this group but it'll be a fair while back.
G.Harman
I called in at the Planning Office and had a look at their proposals.
There are three photos of the existing penthouse alongside three artist's impressions of what they intend to build.
Under the pictures it says, "Now... then... Now... then... Now... then..."
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00:45:27 on Thu, 28 Feb 2013, mike remarked:Goodness Gracious.
Sounds like a little fiddlin' went on there.
I think toast just came out of my nose.
This is Leeds isn't it? If you have the planning reference we could all have a look online.
I wonder if the original plans had a little boys' room.
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