Ground floor units and older office buildings may also have larger floor-to-floor heights, and there can even be opportunities to increase headroom by removing raised-access floors (though this will impact floor thresholds.)
In some cases this can be relatively simple, while other gasses (e.g.vaporised liquid nitrogen which is used in cryogenics, or oxygen which is used in bioreactors) can be very problematic – especially on upper-floors or where labs neighbour office tenancies.. 6.
Planning.. Planning Permission & other approvals may be required despite ‘office to lab’ Permitted Development rights..In the UK, offices can be converted into labs without needing Planning Permission since they now fall under the same ‘Use Class.’ This includes facilities used for “research and development of products or processes,” “industrial processes,” or the “provision of medical or health services.”.There are of course caveats, and there may be other Planning or legal conditions to consider or parties to notify.
An office to lab conversion also cannot be detrimental to the amenity of residential areas (e.g.noise, vibration, fumes), and this may still require demonstration via CFD or noise modelling.
Appointment of a Planning Consultant and application for a Certificate of Lawfulness is often advisable..
Furthermore, new external chillers, AHUs (air-handling units), stacks and fans, louvres, waste stores, external access, and other material changes to the office building may still result in the need for Planning Permission.Under review are the values he holds.
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