Converting a loft into a bedroom, home office or other liveable room can add useful floor space without extending the footprint of your house. But even where the external alterations do not require a full planning application, the conversion still has to satisfy the...
Steel beams and columns may form the main structural frame, but they can only work as intended if the connections between them are properly designed. A steel connection has to transfer the forces assumed in the structural analysis while also being practical to...
Getting planning permission is a major milestone, but it does not necessarily mean that construction can start the following morning. The decision notice confirms what has been approved from a planning perspective. Between that approval and work beginning on site,...
A protected tree does not automatically prevent you from extending a house or developing a site. It does, however, change how the project should be designed. If a Tree Preservation Order applies, or important trees sit close to a proposed building, the planning...
You have received planning permission for your extension, loft conversion or renovation, but construction is not ready to start. How much time do you actually have? For most planning permissions in England, the starting point is three years from the date permission is...
