Can anybody please tell me if you need planning permission to convert an integral garage into a bedroom?
Don’t know where you live, but in most towns you would not need to do anything with the ‘planning’ department if the garage already exists. However, in the process of converting this garage into a bedroom, you are probably going to to add several electrical outlets, and you are probably going to add various light fixtures. You may also be building walls to create a closet or two. It would seem logical that there would also be some type of heating added. All these things require a permit from the ‘building’ department in your town. The permit application will require some type of sketch of what is there now and what you plan to do. Because it is in your house, you can legally do the electrical work yourself, so you don’t need an electrician to pull the permit. You will have to pay a fee based on the estimated cost of what you plan to do and they will probably want to come out and inspect the work after it is done. Keep in mind this change will also be noted in the town’s tax department
