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Converting A House Into Two Flats: Costs And Planning Guide

  Quick Insights Not all homes qualify—check transport, parking, and neighborhood suitability. Planning permission is mandatory; listed or conservation properties need extra consents. Councils often require the property to be at least 120–150 sqm and may insist on keeping a 3-bed family unit. Design must meet minimum space standards and provide access, storage, and amenity space. Typical costs: £1,500–£2,000 per sqm, plus fees for planning, utilities, and upgrades. Expect the process to t ...

Which PlotFinder Website Suits You?
The Definitive Guide

    Choose a plotfinder website that's right for your build “How will I know which plotfinder site to use?   Paddle the stream of plotfinder sites with this guide as your raft Table of Contents 1   Introduction 2   Where to Start 3   Which Plotfinder site fits your needs the best? 4   What would you need in a plotfinder site? 5   Ten Points to Look for in a good plotfinder site 6   List of Plotfinder Sites with our Assessments 7   Summary of Assessments 8   FAQs ...

What is the Party Wall etc Act 1996 and when does it apply?

What is the Party Wall etc Act? The Party Wall etc Act 1996 governs certain types of work that a building owner (the person undertaking the construction works), undertakes to their property. The Act ensures that prior to commencing those proposed works, the building owner serves a Party Wall Notice upon the adjoining owner (the neighbour adjoining the construction works). The Party Wall Notice gives the adjoining owner the opportunity and legal right to appoint a Party Wall Surveyor to review the proposed works from ...

Why is Permitted Development so good for developers?

Permitted Development

What is Permitted Development?

Well, in the simplest terms, it can save you both time and money when considering an extension to a residential property or even a conversion of a commercial premise into multiple living spaces.

Permitted Development rights allow for a number of changes to be made without a formal planning application, the permission being granted not by a local authority but by Parliament. 

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Changes of Use

CHANGE OF USE COMMENTARY     [get_quote_mobile] - IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN                                      What an interesting study it is to observe the recent variety of change of use applications! They are severally unique, and yet we have a considerable onslaught. It would be reasonable to expect duplications of requests, be it sandwich shop to hot food, hair-dresser to mini-cab, and yet o ...

Planning For Gingerbread?

  SKYLINE PLANNING    We are fond of the London skyline… be it night shots from Waterloo Bridge, Tower Bridge yawning to allow ship thoroughfare, or viewpoints like the Eye.[get_quote_mobile] But isn’t it getting a little crowded - with literally hundreds of towers proposed - and precious few rejected?   It is rather a cavalier approach to the granting of permissions, compared with the more stringent approval rates of LPAs around the capital. What we see now has be ...
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