Planning Permission

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Our architectural and/or structural designers will visit you free of charge to initiate the first steps of the planning process and drawings. He will discuss with you your ideas for your loft or extension and give suggestions and good ideas to ensure it a) is what you want and b) will be approved by your local Council. Based on the scope of work, you will receive a quote for the full planning works.

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The planning designer will survey and measure up your home and will do a design based on the agreed requirements. This, first and foremost, will get approved by you and then submitted to the local Planning Authority.

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The Planning Designer will oversee the entire approval process; answering all Council queries and making adjustments as seen fit.

*depending on your local planning authority, the planning designer may need to revisit you to make adjustments to your designs for your building project.

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Working drawings and Structural calculations. Using the planning drawings as a base, our designers will complete the full working drawing package for approval with Building Control. These are the drawings that the builders will use for construction of your project.

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Party Wall Agreements. A lot of properties will have walls and/or floors shared with neighbours. We can tell you if a Party Wall agreement is necessary, and then guide you through the process of obtaining these agreements.

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Quanitity Surveying. Our professional QS will be submitted to you which gives an exact price for the building and materials to the letter.

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Builders. At this point you will have everything you need to get an estimate from a building contractor company of your choice. You are welcome to get as many quotations as needed from the drawings and quantity survey we provide to you.

However, by now you will have seen the benefit of using Sterling and we’re sure that you will want us to continue this service through to completion of your building project.  Having worked with the same professional team of architectural designers, structural engineers and quantity surveyors on dozens of extensions, conversions, and home modifications over the years, we know how to make the whole building process easy for you. We always give a first class service at a competitive price and you can be assured that our work will exceed all of your expectations.

Benefits of our service

Using Sterling Home Improvements you will give you a peace of mind by knowing we have provided a QS who has estimated the works based on approved legal documents and structural drawings/calculations which will result in no problems with Building Control or the local Council.

The QS price sheet will price your project down to the smallest bolt and how many bricks you need, cement, steels - EVERYTHING. There are no grey areas and you will see exactly what your project will entail from start to end.