Conservatory Planning Service

With the regulations on planning and building control getting tougher and solicitors getting wiser! We at Securahome have invested in our own in house planning survey department.

We take on board all your planning requirements leaving you stress free, we draw and submit your plans acting as your agent and we will contact you on approval and then arrange an immediate installation date.

We only charge the planning council fee of around £170 and a small fee for an area block plan; all the drawings are free of charge which can save you up to £900 in architect's costs.

Planning permission for conservatories

When considering a conservatory you need to apply for planning permission:

1. If your property is a flat or maisonette (including those converted from houses) or a commercial property, such as a shop or public house.
2. If the conservatory, or any part of it when built, would be nearer to a highway than the nearest part of the original house unless there is at least 20 metres between the conservatory and the highway.
3. If the property is a listed building.
4. If more than 50 per cent of the garden excluding the area of the original house would be covered by extensions (including the conservatory) or other buildings.
5. If the conservatory is higher than the highest part of the roof of the original house.
6. If any part of the conservatory is more than four metres high where it is within two metres of the boundary of your property.
7. If for a terrace house (including an end-of-terrace) - or any house in a Conservation Area, a National Park, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or the Broads – the volume of the original house would be increased by more than 10 per cent or 50 cubic metres (whichever is the greater).
8. If for any other kind of house outside those areas, the volume of the original house would be increased by more than 15 per cent or 70 cubic metres (whichever is greater).
9. If, in any case, the volume of the original house would be increased by more than 115 cubic metres. 

Volumes are calculated from the external dimensions of the entire structure of the conservatory and the original house. You can use the Planning Portal's volume calculator to work this figure out.

By Appling for Planning Permission does not eliminate the need to obtain building regs where applicable, although most conservatories below 30square metres in floor area are exempt from this.