Part 5 Building Regulations & technical design
A lthough they are both primarily concerned with keeping the council happy, planning and Building Regulations applications are dealt withentirely separately. If you are granted planning permission it is not a guarantee that you will get approval under Building Regulations and vice versa. A completely different set of people deal witheach and sometimes there seems to be no discussion or communication whatsoever between them, even when officers who work for the same local authority are involved. The information required to meet Building Regulations has little in common with that needed by the planners and it is assessed by a different method. There is a large element of subjectivity at play when a planning application is scrutinised. The personal views of the planning officer, the chief planner and the committee may all influence the scheme that finally gets approval.