House extensions in Ashford, Kent

Where we work near Ashford, Kent

Across TN23, TN24, TN25, we can visit, measure and advise. Nearby, we also take on projects in Faversham (12 miles), Canterbury (13 miles), Folkestone (13 miles), Sittingbourne (15 miles), Whitstable (16 miles). Just over the East Sussex border, Hastings is about 24 miles away.

• Faversham
• Canterbury
• Folkestone
• Sittingbourne
• Whitstable

Choosing the right extension in Ashford, Kent

In the South East, plenty of houses have already been extended once, which makes checking the remaining permitted development allowance an important early step.

The types we would usually look at first for a home in Ashford, Kent are double-storey extensions, single-storey rear extensions and wraparound extensions, depending on the garden and how the house is laid out.

Planning rules in Ashford, Kent

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.

If the work involves a shared wall, building on the boundary, or digging foundations within 3 m (sometimes 6 m) of a neighbour's building, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies and notice must be served before work starts: two months for work to a party wall, one month for new walls on the boundary and for excavations.

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

What extensions cost in Ashford, Kent

Use these Ashford, Kent 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.