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Yes plenty of headroom without making any changes to the current roof as its very steep on all sides. Agree with @frutbunn - sounds like a sensible approach, get the approval and then add the steels and make the opening.

Thank you @DevilDamo - looking at those links, i will need building regs approval (and was planning to use the councils building control). Also, based on the architects drawings, i believe we meet all the requirements for permitted development (even though we wont be adding the dormer or...

Hi, Am in the process of refurbishing an existing house - the builder has suggested making the opening to the loft, adding stairs and steels & floorboards as we are already removing all the ceilings and re-doing them. This would make the future loft conversion a lot easier as all we would...

Sorry, I didn’t haven’t any more details as the architect needs to dig pilot holes to assess the current foundations, but he is confident that the current house foundations are already a metre and a half - 2m deep. This is our forever house and we will eventually have our elderly Parents move...

Hello, Am just in the process of drawing up some plans to extend my house. The original plan was for a single storey extension but the architect suggested a basement below the extension as the garden is on a downward hill. I have sent some rough drawings to some local builders to get an...

Update: Spoke to a fairly experienced architect onsite. The takeaways are: 6 m single storey is highly unlikely given the drop in garden as the natural ground is much lower than the house. Additionally, no one in the surrounding area has an extension larger than 4m. Therefore 4m is the max we...

Thanks for this!

Ok, i am officially losing my mind now. I spoke to the local council planning department who said that the 4m rule only applies to pitched roof where the 4m would be the height of the pitch and the pitch would end at 3m high. Am i missing something??

Ah ok, So I would start off with 4m and then end with approx 5.2m at the back of the extension. As you said, the 4m is counted from highest adjacent land which would be the back of the current house. So what the is the best way to go forward, the architect seems certain the 6m will be...

Thank you. I imagine the following proposal should be achievable? Subject the ruling about the dormer. See pics. hopefully I have interpreted everything correctly.

ok thank you. I think I know what you are saying now.. I have had the following feedback from one of the architects which seems to contradict my thinking.... " The first is the fact that you have a large drop. The 4m height is definitely taken from the natural ground level at the further point...

Sorry just to be clear. From the height of extension at the original house and the base of the extension at the back of the extension? or height and base by the the original house? thanks

Thanks for that, I was aware that was how the height was calculated. I had read through the Pd. the confusion is with the following piece: “then the ground level is the highest part of the surface of the ground next to the building” is this referring to the ground next to the existing house...

Hello All, I am trying to understand the rules regarding the 4m ceiling height ruling for a single storey rear extension. The problem i face is that the house is on a downward hill so there is a drop of about 900mm from the patio (3m) to garden. We are trying to submit planning permission to...

Hi all, I am new to the forum but I would appreciate some advice on my situation. I have consulted with a SE who has advised me that if I wanted to open up the back of the original house (onto the extension) I would have to put a steel beam box to support the back wall of the house. The house...