The papers submitted indicate that the building work to which this appeal relates is completed and comprised the erection of two semi-detached, two-storey, dwellings, following demolition of the previous unoccupied building which had deteriorated. The new dwellings are approximately 40m2 each in ground floor plan area and have a hallway, an open plan living room, and kitchen on the ground floor and two bedrooms with a bathroom on the first floor. The building work was the subject of a building notice. You say that on completion of the work, the Council advised you that, due to the non-provision of a WC on the ground floor of the new dwellings, the work did not comply with Requirement M4 of the Building Regulations and the Council was not, therefore, prepared to issue a completion certificate. As you considered that this requirement was unreasonable, you applied to the Council for a relaxation of Requirement M4 which the Council refused on 25 January 2008. It is against this refusal that you have appealed to the Secretary of State.
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