Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Dundee and Angus

What a planning application involves

This service suits you if you want your two-storey extension to go through planning with the best chance of approval. You get a check of your house's planning history, permitted development rights and local design guidance, a design shaped around them, the application prepared and submitted, and someone to deal with the planning officer's questions. We cannot promise an outcome, but we design to give the application a fair chance.

Towns in Dundee and Angus include Dundee (DD1), Arbroath (DD11), Forfar (DD8), Carnoustie (DD7), Monifieth (DD5) and Brechin (DD9). If yours isn't listed, we still cover it.

Fees

Planning drawings are a guide of £2,000–£3,500, priced in writing before the design stage starts. Householder planning application: £371.

Rules in Scotland

In Scotland, a householder planning application costs £371, and councils have two months to decide. Class 1B permitted development needs 10 m to every boundary, so most two-storey extensions need an application. Planning permission is separate from the building warrant, which is also needed before work starts.

There is no Party Wall Act in Scotland. Shared walls and boundaries are governed by title deeds and common law, so we speak to neighbours early and record the condition of shared structures.

Getting the design right

Check the history first

Planning conditions from when the house was built, earlier extensions and Article 4 directions can all remove permitted development rights. We check the council's records and your house's history before design starts, so the route is clear.

A complete application

Applications that are missing drawings, the right fee or a certificate of ownership are not validated, and the decision clock does not start. We check the council's validation list so the application is complete on day one.

How we work in Dundee and Angus

1. Free site visit

   We visit your home in Dundee and Angus, look at the structure, access and boundaries, and talk through what you want the new rooms to do.

2. Get it approved

   Once you're happy with the design we submit it to the council for Dundee and Angus and deal with any questions from the planning officer.

3. Fixed price in writing

   With approved drawings and calculations, we give you a fixed build price and a programme you can plan around.

4. Build

   Foundations, walls, floor, roof, windows, then first and second fix. We break through into the house as late as we can.

Towns we cover in Dundee and Angus

• Dundee
• Arbroath
• Forfar
• Carnoustie
• Monifieth
• Brechin
• Kirriemuir
• Invergowrie

Neighbouring areas

• Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Perth and Kinross
• Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Fife
• Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Edinburgh and the Lothians
• Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

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