Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan at a glance

Nation: Wales
Price region: Wales
Postcode areas: CF
Towns covered: 27 listed below, plus surrounding villages
Site visits: Free, no obligation

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 Mid Glamorgan include Rhondda (CF43), Tonypandy (CF40), Bridgend (CF31), Merthyr Tydfil (CF47), Coity (CF31) and Pontypridd (CF37). 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: £585.

Rules in Wales

In Wales, a householder planning application costs £585, and decisions are normally made within 8 weeks. Wales allows more under permitted development than England, including some two-storey side extensions, so we check the Welsh tests first. Applications go to the local planning authority, and some councils offer pre-application advice.

Approval in Wales: Householder planning application: £585. Councils normally decide householder applications within 8 weeks.

Building regulations: Building regulations approval under the Welsh Approved Documents, which differ from England's in places (notably energy efficiency).

The Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies in Wales, so notices may be needed for work on or near a shared wall or boundary.

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.

Neighbours' light and privacy

The main concerns on a two-storey extension are usually loss of light, outlook and privacy for neighbours. We test the design against nearby windows and gardens, and adjust depth, roof shape or window positions before submitting.

How we work in Mid Glamorgan

Visit and first ideas
One of our team visits your house in Mid Glamorgan, checks the walls, roof and drains, and sketches out options with you.
Drawings and permission
Our designers produce plans and elevations, then we take care of planning or permitted development checks with the council covering Mid Glamorgan.
Engineer it
Foundations sized for two floors, steels for any openings, and building control approval, all before anyone starts on site.
Build it
The new structure goes up first, then we open into the house, finish inside and get the completion certificate.

Towns we cover in Mid Glamorgan