Planning rules, building regulations and what things actually cost, written from the jobs we have done rather than copied from a national website. Dated, and updated when the rules change.
Usually not for a rear dormer on a house: it is permitted development within set limits. Front dormers, flats, conservation areas and houses with PD removed need an application. The limits, and what building control wants instead.
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Our single-storey rear extensions have been priced at about £3,000 per square metre including VAT, plus glazing. What that includes, what moves it, and the fees on top.
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Liverpool is closing the permitted development route for small HMOs: five areas with immediate effect from October 2026, the rest of the city from October 2027. What that means, the licensing rules, the room sizes that actually let, and what a six-room conversion has cost us.
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A garage conversion is mostly about making a cold concrete box warm, dry and legal. The floor, walls, roof, door, heating and building control, in the order they happen.
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