Two-storey extension plans and drawings in Fife

What a set of extension plans involves

This service suits you if you want clear, accurate plans for a two-storey extension, whether to apply for planning, check permitted development or get build prices. You get a measured survey, sketch options with guide costs, a chosen design developed into planning drawings and, if you go ahead, building warrant drawings coordinated with the structural engineer. Because we also build, the drawings are prepared with the build in mind.

Fife towns we list: Dunfermline (KY12), Kirkcaldy (KY1), Glenrothes (KY6), St Andrews (KY10), Rosyth (KY11) and Cowdenbeath (KY4). Every other address in Fife is covered as well.

Fees

Planning drawings (survey and design) are a guide of £2,000–£3,500 and building warrant drawings and specification £1,500–£4,000, with your design stage priced in writing before it starts.

Rules in Scotland

In Scotland, the plans support a householder application, costing £371, and later a building warrant application with technical drawings to the Scottish Building Standards Technical Handbooks. Because Class 1B needs 10 m to every boundary, the site plan showing boundary distances is often what decides the route.

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

Drawings that can be built

Drawings that ignore steel sizes, floor depths or drain runs often need redesigning once a builder prices them. We coordinate the design with the structural engineer and our build teams, so what is approved is practical to construct.

Planning drawings versus building warrant drawings

Planning drawings show what the extension looks like and how it affects neighbours. Building warrant drawings show how it is built: foundations, structure, insulation, fire safety, ventilation and drainage. Most two-storey extensions need both, prepared at different stages.

How we work in Fife

1. Free site visit

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

2. Choose the approval route

   Some designs fit permitted development, most need a householder application. We decide which applies in Scotland before drawing in detail.

3. 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.

4. Finish and certify

   Second fix, plastering and making good, then the council's final building standards inspection and the completion paperwork.

Towns we cover in Fife

• Dunfermline
• Kirkcaldy
• Glenrothes
• St Andrews
• Rosyth
• Cowdenbeath
• Methil
• Dalgety Bay
• Cupar
• Leven
• Kelty
• Lochgelly
• Burntisland
• Ballingry

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