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Planning permission is not normally required for maintenance of ceilings, although if you live in a listed building you should check with your local planning authority.
Building regulations
Where more than 25 per cent of a ceiling below a cold loft space or flat roof is being replaced then the building regulations would normally apply, and the thermal insulation of that ceiling would normally have to be improved.