Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
Looking for help with a planning application in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot? Here's what's involved, the rules in Wales and what it typically costs.
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot at a glance
- Nation
- Wales
- Price region
- Wales
- Postcode areas
- SA
- Towns covered
- 9 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 Swansea and Neath Port Talbot include Swansea (SA1), Neath (SA10), Briton Ferry (SA12), Gorseinon (SA4), Clydach (SA6) and Ystalyfera (SA9). 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
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.
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.
How we work in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
Understand the brief
At your home in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot we agree what you need: bedroom count, bathroom, kitchen space, and how much garden you want to keep.
Choose the approval route
Some designs fit permitted development, most need a householder application. We decide which applies in Wales before drawing in detail.
Price it properly
Once the engineer's calculations are in, we fix the build price in writing, with a clear list of what's included.
Build and hand over
We manage the build from groundworks to decoration-ready finish and hand over with the completion paperwork.
Towns we cover in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot: questions
Should I get pre-application advice from the council?
It can help on sensitive sites, such as conservation areas, corner plots or front extensions, where the council's view is hard to predict. Many councils charge for it and response times vary. For straightforward designs that follow local guidance, a well prepared application is often the quicker route.
Neighbouring areas
- Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Mid Glamorgan
- Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Dyfed
- Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
- Planning permission for two-storey extensions in Gwent
All extension services in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot · About planning permission for two-storey extensions
Ready to see what a second storey could do for your home?
Book a free site visit. We'll look at your house, talk through options and explain the approvals you'd need, then price the design stage in writing.