Dear Chaps who know,

I would like to know what the different classes of building are and how the requirements for building regs relayes to the different clesses. I understand in relation to a "dwelling". What might a building dedicated to the practice of yoga/meditation/stress reduction be classed as if it has a large empty room with a small "flat" attached?
We already have pp for a dwelling and are looking at the possible choices availble for classification of building. We already live in a very small building so would look to this new building to provide occasional accomodation for guests/family and the large room would mainly be for a meditation space and some working from home (psychotherapy, mindfulness based work....QUIET!
It seems that building regs for a dwelling would be necessary even for a building used occasionally as accomodation, but how about the main large room? Advice most welcome and creative approaches to building regs/planning ammendment much appreciated.

It is down to the 'conditioned space'...

So, if you can argue your point that the meditation space does not constitute part of the dwelling, it will not come under AD L1A (or AD L1B).

I have had clients who have created live/work units adjacent to studios, for pottery and for painting/teaching.
Building Control were quite happy to exempt these parts from the 'dwelling' assessments.

Good luck...

I think that if it is heated then why not insulate it to the hilt and plus some to save fuel. Insulation is a one off cost and relatively cheap compared with ongoing costs of not insulating.

Carol,

Sorry, 'conditioned space' is the catch-all term used by BC for a volume of your dwelling (or meditation space) that you expend energy on Heating, Lighting or Cooling.

So, if you are going to spend money on keeping the meditation space warm and lit, then as Tony correctly said above, why not insulate as much as you can to save money, even if BC are 'relaxed' about the space?

Cheers