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What's the Difference Between Planning Permission and Building Regulations?
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Planning permission controls whether you're allowed to build something at all — its size, appearance, and impact on neighbours and the street scene. It's assessed against local planning policy and can be refused on design or impact grounds.
Building Regulations control how whatever you build is actually constructed — structural safety, fire safety, insulation, drainage, electrics and plumbing. They apply to every extension, including ones that need no planning permission because they qualify as permitted development.
A project can have full planning permission and still fail Building Regulations if it's not constructed to current standards — and conversely, a permitted development extension needing no planning application at all is still fully subject to Building Regulations inspection throughout.
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