{"id":8496,"date":"2024-10-11T09:14:34","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T12:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/?page_id=8496"},"modified":"2024-10-11T13:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T16:01:50","slug":"when-is-a-building-permit-required","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/when-is-a-building-permit-required\/","title":{"rendered":"When is a Building Permit Required?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8496\" class=\"elementor elementor-8496\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-54f3cab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"54f3cab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3902607\" data-id=\"3902607\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2354a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b2354a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When is a Building Permit Required?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d1b2fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1d1b2fc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80b3881\" data-id=\"80b3881\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92278e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92278e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Work that is a building operation requires a Building Permit.<\/p><p>It is an offence under the Building Act 1988 to perform any of the works listed below unless a permit has been obtained in writing from the Building Official.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-27a7882 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"27a7882\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-530a555\" data-id=\"530a555\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d6c7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29d6c7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Residential Buildings<\/h3><ul><li>the excavation or quarrying of any land, including that under an existing building;<\/li><li>the demolition of any building or structure <strong>except<\/strong> where the following conditions are met:<ol><li>the building or structure is located a minimum of 25 feet from any road or boundary; and<\/li><li>the building does not contain any old vinyl floor tiles (exceeding 30 years old) or any pipe insulation (exceeding 30 years old) or asbestos corrugated roofing; and the Department of Health has conducted a preliminary inspection to confirm the above.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li>the erection of any building or structure, whether permanent or temporary;<\/li><li>the carrying out of any structural alteration or extension of any building, including the removal of any parts of internal load bearing walls or of fire partitions or walls;<\/li><li>the carrying out of works for the purpose of effecting a material change in use of the building or premises;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of an electrical system;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of any plumbing or drainage or sewage disposal system;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of any gas fuel system;<\/li><li>the reconstruction of a building;<\/li><li>the conversion of a movable object into a building;<\/li><li>the removal of a building from one site and its re\u2010erection elsewhere;<\/li><li>the roofing over of an open space between walls or buildings;<\/li><li>the installation, renewal, renovation or change of any mechanical system containing more than 6.6 lbs (3kg) of refrigerant; and,<\/li><li>the installation of any fuel burning system other than a cook top or oven even if the fuel burning system piping is not being altered.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e37a8ab\" data-id=\"e37a8ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5418449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5418449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Commerical Buildings<\/h3><ul><li>the excavation or quarrying of any land, including that under an existing building;<\/li><li>the demolition of any building or structure that is within 25 feet of a road or to which the public has access;<\/li><li>the erection of any building or structure, whether permanent or<br \/>temporary;<\/li><li>the carrying out of any structural alteration or extension of any building, including the removal of any parts of internal load bearing walls or of fire partitions or walls;<\/li><li>the carrying out of works for the purpose of effecting a material change in use of the building or premises. A material change in use shall mean a change from one use group to another in accordance with the building codes;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of an electrical system;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of any plumbing or drainage or sewage<br \/>disposal system;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of any gas fuel system;<\/li><li>the installation or renewal of any mechanical systems;<\/li><li>the installation, renewal, renovation or change to any mechanical system<br \/>containing more than 6.6 pounds (3 kg) of refrigerant;<\/li><li>the reconstruction of a building;<\/li><li>the conversion of a movable object into a building;<\/li><li>the removal of a building from one site and its re-erection elsewhere;<br \/>and,<\/li><li>the roofing over of an open space between walls or buildings.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is a Building Permit Required? Work that is a building operation requires a Building Permit. It is an offence under the Building Act 1988 to perform any of the works listed below unless a permit has been obtained in writing from the Building Official. Residential Buildings the excavation or quarrying of any land, including &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/when-is-a-building-permit-required\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When is a Building Permit Required?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8496"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8655,"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8496\/revisions\/8655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planning.gov.bm\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}