Extending your home in Melksham

Melksham extension prices at a glance

Every figure below is a guide for Melksham, adjusted for South West England build costs (×1.02) and including VAT. Design and council fees are shown separately on each page.

Planning rules in Melksham

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).

Melksham and surrounding towns

Postcode districts we cover around Melksham include SN12. Neighbouring towns we cover include Trowbridge (5 miles), Chippenham (6 miles), Devizes (7 miles), Calne (8 miles), Warminster (14 miles). Bath, in Somerset, is roughly 10 miles from Melksham and also on our list.

• Trowbridge
• Chippenham
• Devizes
• Calne
• Warminster

What works best for Melksham houses?

South West homes range from terraced streets in the cities to stone cottages and bungalows in the countryside, and conservation areas are common in historic centres.

The types we would usually look at first for a home in Melksham are single-storey rear extensions, pitched roof extensions and orangery extensions, depending on the garden and how the house is laid out.