The paperwork
Design, Planning & Structural
Drawings, planning applications, structural calculations and Building Control. The part most builders leave to you.
Design & planning 5
Planning 23
- Article 4 Directions Explained
- Can I Extend a House That Has Been Extended Before?
- Can I Extend a House in a Conservation Area?
- Can I Extend a Listed Building?
- Can My Neighbour Stop My Extension?
- Do I Have to Tell My Neighbours About an Extension?
- Do You Need Planning Permission for an Extension?
- Extending a House in a Conservation Area
- Extending a Listed Building
- How Close to the Boundary Can I Build an Extension?
- How Long Does Planning Permission Last?
- How Long Does Planning Permission Take?
- How Much Does a Planning Application Cost?
- Lawful Development Certificates
- Neighbour Consultation and Objections
- Permitted Development Rights for Extensions
- Planning Appeals Explained
- Planning Conditions, and Why They Matter Later
- The 45 and 25 Degree Rules, Explained Properly
- The Larger Home Extension Prior Approval Scheme
- What “Original House” Means in Planning
- What Happens If I Build Without Planning Permission?
- What Happens If Planning Permission Is Refused?
Regulations 15
- Build Over Agreements and Extension Drainage
- Building Regulations for Extensions
- Can I Build an Extension Over a Sewer?
- Do I Need Building Regulations Approval for an Extension?
- Do I Need a Build Over Agreement?
- Do I Need a Completion Certificate to Sell My House?
- Do I Need a Party Wall Agreement for Foundations?
- Fire Safety and Means of Escape
- How Much Does Building Control Cost?
- How Much Does a Party Wall Surveyor Cost?
- Insulation and U-Values for Extensions
- The Party Wall Act, Explained
- What Building Control Actually Inspects
- What Is a Building Regulations Completion Certificate?
- What Is a Party Wall Notice?
Structural 9
- Building on Essex Clay: Shrinkage, Heave and Depth
- Can I Remove a Load Bearing Wall?
- Extension Foundations Explained
- Flood Zones and Extensions in Essex
- How Deep Do Extension Foundations Need to Be?
- Trees, TPOs and Foundation Design
- What Are Trench Fill Foundations?
- What Size Steel Beam Do I Need?
- What a Structural Engineer Actually Provides
Design 1
Cost & Process 6
Cost 1
Process 4
The part most builders leave to you
Drawings, structural calculations, the planning route and Building Control are not administrative afterthoughts. They decide what you are allowed to build, whether it stands up, and whether you get the certificate that a buyer’s solicitor will ask for in ten years.
Most builders quote for the building work and leave you to assemble the rest. We do it as part of the job: the technician who draws it, the engineer who calculates it, the application, the notification and the inspections.
That is the whole reason this company exists in the shape it does.