Plan removal in a building with shared services

Provide a plan identifying the affected unit and the spaces above, below and beside it where known. Mark common corridors, service rooms and shafts. Include existing service drawings, while recording any uncertainty about previous alterations.

Describe whether the work removes only finishes or also partitions, ceilings and fixtures. A ceiling opening may expose equipment serving another floor; a wall may separate more than two rooms. Do not classify an installation as redundant solely because it does not serve the proposed new layout.

The building owner or manager and relevant trades should determine service isolation and continuity arrangements. Name the people responsible for communicating with affected occupants. Access to another unit or a common service area must be arranged through the appropriate authority.

Ask the design team about structural, fire-separation and acoustic requirements at the work boundary. The retained condition must be clear during the removal and at handover. A partial strip-out should not leave responsibility for restoring a shared assembly undefined.

Give YAK the removal plan, occupancy information and service decision status. Identify any areas that remain inaccessible so the assessment can record its limitations. Specialist investigation, service work and reconstruction should be assigned separately. A local demolition enquiry does not establish permission to affect another occupant’s unit or interrupt a shared system.