we have replaced our conservatory roof with a tile roof without permission?

we had a brick sided (with large window and double doors) to front and plastic clear tilted roof (approx 20 square meters) built about 20 years ago and installed heating linked to main house, around 15 years ago we replaced the clear roof with a tiled one(still tilted)
(all 12 houses on our street have done the same)

we are now selling this house and wonder if it will prove a problem with the buyers survey?

any advise would be great!

The tilled roof would not normally require planning permission, but it has made your existing conservatory an extension. This means that you would have needed building regulations. Due to the timescales you have mentioned it is unlikely that it would be highlighted in a survey. If it does you may need to employ an engineer to get retrospective building regulations. You used to be able to take out an insurance policy when you sell to protect you against issues like this coming back to haunt you after the sale, ask your solicitor about this.

http://www.onlineplanningapplications.co.uk/planningservices.html

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3 Responses to “we have replaced our conservatory roof with a tile roof without permission?”

  1. Max Headroom says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:01 am

    Shouldn’t be a problem.
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  2. La Comtesse De Whippet says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:40 am

    The planning permission and building regulations Exemption Criteria (under Building Regulations 1991, ammended) for conservatories and outbuildings stipulates that; "The extension walls are substantially glazed. Must have at least half the area of the walls formed of windows. Must have at least three quarters of the area of the roof formed of glazing, polycarbonate sheets or similar translucent material."

    If you’ve replaced the original clear roof with an opaque tiled one, then it will almost certainly be picked up by a surveyor, although what the exact repurcussions of this will be I don’t know. Contact the council’s planning department to see what they advise, or see if your estate agent can find you a conclusive answer.
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  3. Online says:
    January 14, 2010 at 5:53 am

    The tilled roof would not normally require planning permission, but it has made your existing conservatory an extension. This means that you would have needed building regulations. Due to the timescales you have mentioned it is unlikely that it would be highlighted in a survey. If it does you may need to employ an engineer to get retrospective building regulations. You used to be able to take out an insurance policy when you sell to protect you against issues like this coming back to haunt you after the sale, ask your solicitor about this.

    http://www.onlineplanningapplications.co.uk/planningservices.html
    References :

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