Convert Kitchen To Bedroom
GSD82 wrote:3 challenges really -
1. Drainage and electrics for the new kitchen
2. Intelligent design so to maximise space - been advised to look up new build studio flats for ideas.
3. Submitting the plans correctly.
Also check your lease, it should have a copy of your current floorplan in it. It might [or should?] also show the floorplans of other flats in the buildings. That will provide an insight into how any internal load-bearing walls are positioned vertically through the building.
Your 3 points [keep in mind I'm not an expert, but have done a few large projects with architects/PP/BC and so on]...
1) The architect should have a good handle on this. You mention a 'building regulation company' and if that's what you meant then clearly they should have the whole A-Z on such matters.
2) This is a good time to have cultivated a couple of estate agent contacts. Send or show them a copy of the current plan and ask them how they'd get the max out of it. They can just pencil in suggestions they think should work. If no pre-exisiting contacts IME ask the negotiator in the office with most grey hair instead on the newbie staff 
And/or the person who tends to handle property developers/dealers, adding max value at minimal cost is their bread and butter.
2b) If you haven't already sign up with local agents, and/or collective listing sites to receive e-mail updates on new listings. You'll soon spot listings with good ideas you hadn't thought of, and vice versa things you conclude don't quite work for you. It's also a good way to keep abreast with current good design ideas/looks/colour-sschemes etc
2c) Once you've drafted a 'proposed plan' you can make paper approx to scale cut-outs of your largest items of furniture [I usually just trim out bits of the sticky part of post-it notes], cut them approx to the same scale of your proposed drawing. Attach them to your plan and consider the ergonomics, i.e. how you'd navigate the space, get from the bedroom to the front-door, bathroom to kitchen etc etc. You are seeking 'flow', ie not having to constantly navigate around sofas, chests, TVs and so on. [Similar for the kitchen, if you haven't though of the 'kitchen work triangle', relative placing of the fridge/oven/sink+work-space then Google it, it makes complete sense when you see it's simplicity]. I had a plan almost fixed in mind, and then on the off-chance in chatting with a female friend [working mother, knew what a busy home is like] showed her a copy of my plan, and she immediately pointed to a couple of points that I could improve, including ^the kitchen work triangle. Different people see things differently, so no harm running it past friends.
3) IME the application forms come with clear notes. If you submit them in person ask the desk officer if everything appears in order. Even if something missing later crops-up they'll soon let you know.
I'd be interested to hear how you get on with this, good luck!
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