Planning

If you are renovating or extending a property where some or all of it hasn’t previously been used for residential purposes, then you will need to...

Extending a listed home is definitely not for the faint-hearted but there are signs of changes in planners' attitudes that make it at least a...

We are generally used to the fact that we can’t just build a large extension without getting permission, but extending in a conservation area puts...

Not everybody has a PC at home but a lot of people do and it makes sense to use them to help with the management when building an extension. We've...

Keeping in with the neighbours can be critical to any home extension and it's well worth putting some effort into it. This was touched on in our...

Many people see obtaining planning permission as a tricky task, and of course it sometimes can be. But in most cases it is straightforward as long as...

A self-contained annex is a popular reason for building an extension. Building one can give teenagers and young adults a chance to live...

Whether you are just putting on a new porch or building a two-storey extension with a luxury kitchen and new master bedroom with en suite, the money...

It's not a good idea to go into any kind of home extension without knowing how much it's going to cost, and then controlling the budget as the...

Now that many people have a computer in their home it's become viable to use computer software for planning an extension. There are three ways in...

Having a planning application turned down isn't the end of the world although it might feel like it at the time. Assess why the application failed...