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Householder planning applications

The most common application we prepare: extensions, garages, outbuildings, dormers and other alterations to a house and its garden.

Benjamin Plunkett, Managing Director
✓Free home visit ✓No obligation ✓Honest advice ✓Fixed price Ben, our Managing Director and Planning & Heritage Consultant, will visit your property anywhere in our six council areas.
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Planning drawings for a coach house conversion

What counts as householder

A householder planning application covers work to an existing house and its garden, such as:

  • Single and two-storey extensions
  • Garages, carports, garden rooms and workshops
  • Dormers and other roof alterations
  • Porches, balconies and raised terraces
  • Fences, walls and gates above permitted heights

It doesn't cover new houses, flats or changes of use, which need a full application.

What we prepare

  • Measured survey of the existing house
  • Existing and proposed floor plans, elevations and roof plans
  • Site and block plans, plus the location plan the council requires
  • A design and access statement or planning statement where it helps the case
  • The forms, fee calculation and submission, with us acting as your agent
Benjamin PlunkettCharlie Plunkett

Who'll handle your project: Benjamin Plunkett, our Managing Director and Planning & Heritage Consultant, is your point of contact from the first site visit to the decision. Charlie Plunkett MCIAT produces the drawings.

About us
Recent projects

Planning Applications projects

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3D view of the mid-century style rear extension
Extension Babergh

Mid-century style extension and recladding of a home in Elmsett

A single-storey extension, new windows and cedar and off-white cladding that give a mid-century chalet bungalow in Elmsett a fresh retro-modern look.
The weatherboarded building from the garden
Change of use Tendring

Office to three-bedroom home by prior approval in Tendring

A prior approval for converting a weatherboarded office building into a three-bedroom detached home with parking and a large garden in Tendring.
Proposed front elevation with cream render gable and brick ground floor
Extension Tendring

Raised roof and two-storey rear extension

A dated bungalow redesigned as a family home, reworked point by point after an earlier refusal.
Street elevation with a bay window, balcony and gabled dormer
Change of use Lowestoft

Change of use from offices to an eight-bedroom HMO

Planning permission to convert a three-storey office and training building in Lowestoft into an eight-bedroom house of multiple occupation.
The front of the townhouse before work, with its carport and garage
Extension Ipswich

Rear extension and garage conversion for a three-storey townhouse

A single-storey rear extension with a roof lantern and a garage conversion, creating a large open living space for a townhouse in Ipswich.
Front of the new bungalow, with black weatherboarding, a red tiled roof and an oak porch
New build Tendring

A single-storey three-bedroom home in a rural setting

A new three-bedroom bungalow in Ardleigh, with black weatherboarding, a red tiled roof and an oak porch, approved by Tendring District Council.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

How long does a householder application take?

Councils aim to decide householder applications within eight weeks of validation. Neighbours and the parish or town council are consulted during that time.

Will my neighbours be told?

Yes. The council notifies neighbours or puts up a site notice, and anyone can comment. We design with neighbours' light, privacy and outlook in mind to reduce the chance of objections.

Can you tell me whether I need permission at all?

Yes. If the work falls within permitted development, you may not need to apply. We check this at the first visit.

Benjamin Plunkett, Managing Director
Free home visit

Thinking about a project?

Ben, our Managing Director and Planning & Heritage Consultant, will come to you, look at the property and tell you honestly what's likely to get approved. Free, with no obligation, anywhere in Tendring, Babergh, Colchester, Braintree, Maldon and Ipswich districts.

Planning consultants and chartered designers in one team: drawings designed to get approved, with the same people from site visit to decision.

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