Can a garden room be attached to the house?

[geraldthehamster]

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your post - until reading this thread, I was still under the impression that the Building Regulations defined a "conservatory" in terms of the proportion of glazing. I've never worked in BC - it was just one of those things that a BC officer told me a few years ago, and which I haven't spoken to anyone about since.

Thanks,
Steve

Current conditions for a conservatory to be exempt are in here (Section 3.15):

http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/uploads/br/BR_PDF_ADL1B_2010.pdf

The last time this was discussed, someone was also helpful enough to post a link to this guidance here:
http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/1728453.pdf

Where Section C25 says: "Building Control Bodies will want to note that the definition of conservatory in terms of percentage translucent material as set out in previous editions of the Approved Documents no longer applies"

Cheers
Richard