Romford house extensions

Areas we cover around Romford

Site visits are available across Romford (RM1, RM2, RM5, RM7, RM11, RM12). Neighbouring towns we cover include Hornchurch (2 miles), Dagenham (2 miles), Becontree (3 miles), Ilford (5 miles), Barking (5 miles). Brentwood, in Essex, is roughly 6 miles from Romford and also on our list.

• Hornchurch
• Dagenham
• Becontree
• Ilford
• Barking

Approvals for an extension in Romford

In England a single-storey rear extension can usually go up to 3 m beyond the original rear wall of a semi-detached or terraced house, or 4 m on a detached house, without a planning application, provided it is no more than 4 m high, keeps eaves to 3 m within 2 m of a boundary and, with other buildings, covers no more than half the land around the original house. The larger home extension prior approval scheme raises those depths to 6 m and 8 m, with neighbours notified and a 42-day decision.

In England a single-storey side extension can be permitted development if it is no more than 4 m high and no wider than half the width of the original house. Two-storey side extensions, and any side extension on designated land such as a conservation area, need a householder planning application.

In a conservation area, national park, National Landscape, the Broads or a World Heritage Site the permitted development limits are tighter (no side or two-storey extensions without an application). Listed homes need listed building consent, and if permitted development rights have been removed, any extension needs an application.

Building regulations approval is separate from planning. In England you can use the council's building control team or a registered building control approver; a full plans application gets the drawings checked before work starts, and the inspector signs the work off with a completion certificate.

Applications are decided by the local planning authority (your district, borough or unitary council).

Guide prices for Romford

Use these Romford guide prices to sense-check a budget; the guide-price tool narrows them to your own size, and the site visit turns them into a written figure.

Which extension suits a Romford home?

In London, space is at a premium and gardens are often short, so side returns, wraparounds and carefully planned rear extensions tend to make the most of every metre.

The types we would usually look at first for a home in Romford are side return extensions, kitchen extensions and wraparound extensions, depending on the garden and how the house is laid out.