Gainsborough house extensions

Planning rules in Gainsborough

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).

Guide prices for Gainsborough

Use these Gainsborough 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.

Covering Gainsborough and nearby

Site visits are available across Gainsborough (DN21). The same team covers Scunthorpe (14 miles), Lincoln (14 miles), Grimsby (31 miles), Cleethorpes (33 miles), Grantham (33 miles), all within easy reach. Retford, in Nottinghamshire, is roughly 8 miles from Gainsborough and also on our list.

• Scunthorpe
• Lincoln
• Grimsby
• Cleethorpes
• Grantham

What works best for Gainsborough houses?

The East Midlands has plenty of inter-war and post-war semis and detached houses with room to extend, alongside Victorian terraces in the towns.

The types we would usually look at first for a home in Gainsborough are side extensions, double-storey extensions and conservatory replacement extensions, depending on the garden and how the house is laid out.