Larger Home Extension – What’s Permitted

The original 2013 Larger Home Extension scheme (after May 2019) is now here to stay.

Initially the 2013 government scheme was introduced to encourage and improve the building economy and expected to last for a temporary period of 3 years. The scheme is now made permanent and householders will be able to permanently build larger single storey rear extensions under permitted development planning rights.

The size limits of the larger home extension scheme remain increased from 4 meters to 8 meters for detached houses and from 3 meters to 6 meters for all other houses.

The new larger extensions must go through the following process:

• The new home owner must notify the local planning authority with plans and the description of the work they propose.
• The local authority may ask for further information about the impact of the development on the adjoining properties.
• The local authority must serve a notice on adjoining owners who share a boundary; this will give the address of the proposed development and describe the extent of the proposed extension. The notice will also set out, amongst other things, how long neighbours have to make objections, and a copy of this notice will also be sent to the Architect.
• If an adjoining neighbour raises an objection within the notification period the local authority will take these comments into account and make a decision on whether the impact on the adjoining property is acceptable.
• If the local authority refuse their consent for the Larger Extension the Architect or customer may appeal. However here at Craymanor Limited we work closely with council planning officers and clients to maximise the chances of approval for any planning application under this scheme.

There are other planning matters which need to be formalised but are not discussed here with the exception to confirm that it is no longer a requirement for home extensions to be completed within any set time frame.

Where larger home extensions are wanted by our clients it is always possible that neighbours may object to extensions that would be to the maximum 6 or 8 meters deep; this is particularly relevant where houses are terraced or semi-detached as the impact on adjoining properties can be quite considerable.

Therefore, it is imperative that any design proposal properly takes into account the impact on the adjacent neighbours and only to submit applications that are realistic and have proper regard to any negative impact on neighbours.

The architectural and building staff at Craymanor Limited are experts in all of the home extension planning processes and have an excellent 98% success rate in all planning applications we undertake, including those under the Larger Home Extension scheme.

Please feel free to contact us here at Craymanor Limited for a completely free, unbiased home visit or telephone consultation.

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