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expert help 105 Ask the Essentialadviceonyourproblemswithbuilding, EXPE RTS budgeting,DIY&planningfromthemost experienced names in the self build industry PLANNING PLANNING Martin Gaine runs planning consultancy Just Planning (www.just-planning.co.uk). Can I contest a CIL charge on A former case officer, he has experience my planning approval to extend? on both sides of the planning divide and now specialises in helping homeowners We purchased a rundown property on auction. It had been win consent at appeal. He is the author empty for some time (we're not sure how long) and fallen of How to Get Planning Permission: into disrepair. The plan is to create a spacious family An Insider’s Secrets. home with a double-storey rear extension and a single- storey side extension, plus a loft conversion. It’s taken FINANCE two years to get approval due to COVID and other delays, Rachel Pyne is director of financial services but we received planning consent last month and hope at BuildStore (www.buildstore.co.uk). She to start work in the new year. However, we’re now faced has worked in self build finance for over 10 with a £21,000 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) bill. years and deals with a diverse portfolio of lenders across the whole market as well Is there any way we could qualify for an exemption? as on exclusive self build and renovation The extension is less than 100m2 (probably around 60m2). mortgage products. We have been paying the full council tax rate (as our area does not have a lower band for unoccupied properties), SUSTAINABILITY so we’ve been contributing to the community all this time. Nigel Griffiths is director of the Sustainable What options do we have for contesting the CIL charge? Traditional Buildings Alliance (www.stbauk. org) and a consultant working mainly on e Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge introduced energy efficiency policy and evaluation. He is by the government, which councils set on new development to the author of the Haynes Eco House Manual. help fund local services and infrastructure. It is mostly paid by developers building new homes. However, some larger extensions PROJECT MANAGEMENT over 100m2 to existing homes are also chargeable. You can net off Chris Bates is the editor of Build It the existing floorspace of the house, but only if it was occupied for magazine and project managed Build It’s six continuous months of the 36 previous months. If the house real-life Self Build Education House from has been vacant for a long time, it could pose difficulties. conception to completion. Find out more and book your visit to the Education House However, there are some exemptions that can be claimed. at www.buildit.co.uk/ourhouse Residential extensions are usually exempt if they are to be your main residence. It is very important to follow the correct PERIOD PROPERTIES procedure, using the right forms at the appropriate steps, Alan Tierney is a period property and otherwise the exemption will not be valid. conservation specialist. He ran an historic building consultancy, offering hands-on CIL is extremely complicated, so in my view it is best to take advice to heritage homeowners, but is specialist legal advice. It is also worth trying to talk it through now focused on renovating yet another with your local council’s CIL officer – they are often quite helpful. property: Old Barnstaple House. However, it is possible that a large CIL bill will be due if you are proposing large extensions to a house that has been empty for DESIGN some time and is not your primary residence.  Opinder Liddar is a director at Lapd Architects (www.lapdarchitects.co.uk). The practice specialises in residential projects from extensions to new builds, making him the ideal person to answer all your home design questions. VAT RECLAIMS ISTOCK.COM/GALETTA Kathy Tisdale runs Self Build VAT Reclaims (www.selfbuildvatreclaims.com), providing a professional VAT reclaim service which enables self builders and converters to focus on their project. www.self-build.co.uk

106 expert help SUSTAINABILITY Is it worth retrofitting underfloor heating in my property? I’ve recently bought a 1960s bungalow that’s in need WundaFloor overlay systems feature a thin aluminium covering, which of renovation. I’m interested in installing underfloor helps to distribute warmth evenly at a response rate that rivals radiators heating (UFH) in the bathroom, but do you think this would be worth the expense in our case? The bathroom All that said, remember that a little insulation goes a long floor is concrete, and we also found out from a survey way, and it takes a lot more insulation to do only a little more that it isn’t level. Given the age of the house, would we work. So, if you can get 25mm of a high performance insulation need to address insulation and airtightness in the rest in, for example, then it may be feasible to switch to underfloor of the property? All the windows are already triple glazed. heating. ere are very good low-profile wet systems around, so the total increase in floor height could be less than 50mm. If you If it’s a 1960s bungalow, I am presuming that the concrete floors have plenty of head room in your bungalow, this could be done, are not insulated, so the heat UFH would put into the floors will but might require alterations at doorways to raise lintels. go in both directions, and the energy travelling downwards will be largely wasted. However, the bathroom is likely to be a small Lastly, wet UFH will be cheaper to run than electrical percentage of the floor area, so heat loss won’t be massive here. resistance systems, as electricity costs three times the price of gas or oil for each kWh of heat delivered. However, if you’re looking Any form of underfloor heating will raise the finished floor at only using it very occasionally in very a small space, then you level (FFL). is is unless you remove that section of floor, dig might decide to hang the cost and go for a super-slim electric down to re-lay it at a lower level and reconstruct with insulation UFH system in the bathroom. And yes, do insulate the rest of and the UFH built in. at’s going to be a really expensive and the property! It’ll be cavity walling, so you could fill this, or go disruptive job, however, and won’t actually save much energy for external wall insulation, which will do a better job. compared to the embodied energy of doing the job, so it’s hard to justify in environmental terms. VAT RECLAIMS Can I claim back VAT on a new build annexe? We are replacing an existing dwelling with a new self which includes the construction of a granny annexe that cannot build. Alongside it, we are building a separate annexe be used, or disposed of, separately from a main house. with full planning permission to live in whilst the new dwelling is under construction. The annexe will remain To answer your second question, HMRC does not have a system ancillary to the main residence. Can we claim the VAT in place to inform them of your intention to carry out a self build back on the annexe as well as the main house, and do or conversion. HMRC only needs to know that works have been we need to notify HMRC before we commence the build? carried out in accordance with your planning consent when you submit your VAT reclaim. It’s worth noting that you should not Unfortunately, you will be unable to reclaim the VAT charged register for VAT as a business if you are undertaking a self build on the materials for the annexe part of your project, as per the project, as the HMRC 431NB (new build) and 431C (conversion) guidance set out in paragraph 3.2.2 of VAT Notice 708. is schemes were introduced specifically for people creating a home gives common examples of work that cannot be zero-rated, for themselves to be able to reclaim the VAT they are charged. PLANNING Development Order (GPDO) and are subject to various rules and limitations, so you always need to be careful you don’t Can I build an extension under build something that does not quite comply for some reason. permitted development in a conservation area? In a conservation area, the GPDO restricts some of these rights. You can build a single-storey rear extension to a depth We’ve recently bought a house that we’re looking to of 3m on a terraced or semi-detached house or 4m on a detached make improvements to, and we’d ideally like to extend it. house. However, you can’t build ‘larger home extensions’ However, it’s located in a conservation area, which also (extensions of up to 8m deep) in a conservation area and you has a covenant dictating that there can be no more than can’t extend at roof level. So, you will need to apply for full one skylight in the westward facing roof. My question is planning permission for any extensions to the roof or for ground whether a single storey extension into the garden would floor additions deeper than 4m. Beware that councils can fall under permitted development, or would we need remove permitted development rights within their area by planning permission in a conservation area? introducing an Article 4 Direction, so it's best to check with your council before starting work. You can also apply for a certificate Permitted development rights allow homeowners to carry out of lawfulness to get formal confirmation from the council that some extensions to their homes without needing full planning your proposed works fall under permitted development. permission. e rights are set out in the General Permitted Send all your self build, renovation and conversion questions to ANY QUESTIONS? [email protected] or visit www.self-build.co.uk/question Please note all correspondence may be published in the magazine Build It March 2023

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110 plotbrowser.com ENGLAND WHAT MAKES A GOOD PLOT? CAMBRIDGESHIRE The perfect piece of land would be Once you’ve spotted an From a planning perspective, in a pleasant area, affordable and opportunity, consider whether check how long is left on the COMBERTON, CAMBRIDGE level, with easy access, good the type of house you want can be consent. If it is less than six months Building Plot, Foxs Way ground conditions and no planning comfortably accommodated on and you need to redesign the Building plot with detailed consent issues or obstructions. The issue, the plot, and if the existing consent house to suit your needs or sort for demolition of existing garage and of course, is that plot may not exist. allows for it or could be amended out any planning conditions, this erection of new two-storey, three- Even the best sites require some to suit. If it’s a yes to both, then the could be problematic. bedroom dwelling of circa 915ft2. compromise, so it’s crucial to site is worth a bit more research. Guide price: £150,000 properly assess contenders to get If early investigations seem Planning: South Cambridgeshire as close as possible to your goals. Check for issues on the plot that positive, then you can move on to District Council / 22/00188/FUL could increase construction costs, a more in-depth appraisal of how Contact: Cheffins All the plots in our listings come make it difficult to get the right suitable the site is. Consider 01223 214214 cambridge. with planning permission: either design for your needs, or affect the access, ground conditions, residential@cheffins.co.uk outline (a loose affirmation the site viability of a project. Some of the drainage and legal matters. If you can be developed) or full (consent most notorious budget-busters are unsure, seek professional FEN DRAYTON for a particular design). Beware of include steep slopes, difficult advice. This might mean speaking Land adj. 46 Middleton Way any site without current approval. access to services, or obstacles to your local council. Our useful Building plot in non-estate location Land is worth considerably more like overhead cables. Most issues online resource www.self-build. overlooking countryside. The plot is once consent has been granted, are not insurmountable and, with co.uk/plot-checklist can help approx. 2.75 acres with planning so if the deal looks too good to good design, some can even be bring structure to this part of the permission for a four-bedroom be true, it probably is. turned to your advantage. assessment process. detached property set over two floors with detached garaging. CORNWALL Guide price: £230,000 STANLEY CROOK Guide price: £400,000 Planning: Cornwall Council / 7 Jobson Meadows Planning: South Cambridgeshire GOONHAVERN, TRURO PA21/10082 A building plot that is 11.5m wide District Council / 22/00254/FUL Building Plot and Contact: Miller Countrywide and 45m deep on a prestigious Contact: Wellington Wise Caravan, Wheal Hope 01872 553255 development on the outskirts of 01480 498400 Building plot and static caravan in [email protected] the village. Full planning permission [email protected] blissful rural location with outline granted for one four-bedroom house planning approval for a new dwelling ST. CLETHER, LAUNCESTON and detached garage. PETERBOROUGH to be built on an established garden Building plot Guide price: £105,000 Adj. 7 Moggswell Lane, plot. A static caravan has been used An elevated plot of approx. 500m2 Planning: Durham County Council / Orton Longueville as a successful holiday let and can with outline planning permission for DM/16/02421/FPA Building plot with planning permission be used in this way or as a home a detached dwelling in a rural location Contact: J W Wood 01388 in principle to build a four-bedroom prior to future redevelopment. with views towards Bodmin Moor. 604273 [email protected] property in a private cul-de-sac. The Guide price: OIEO £225,000 The south-facing plot is currently plot is garden land that is approx. 17m Planning: Cornwall Council / split-level with a short level entrance DERBYSHIRE along the Western boundary reducing PA22/03897 drive beyond a pair of double gates. to approx. 11m along the eastern Contact: Lillicrap Chilcott 01872 Guide price: £85,000 CASTLE GRESLEY boundary, with a depth of approx. 273473 [email protected] Planning: Cornwall Council / Pine Walk 50m giving an area of 0.17 acres. PA22/07268 A building plot in a popular location Guide price: £250,000 PORTREATH, REDRUTH Contact: Kivells 01409 253888 with planning permission for Planning: Peterborough City Plot, Hillside [email protected] a two-storey dwelling. Council / 22/00993/PIP A building plot with outline planning Guide price: £80,000 Contact: City & County Estate permission for the construction COUNTY DURHAM Planning: South Derbyshire District Agents 01733 563965 of a new detached dwelling Council / DMPA/2020/1285 [email protected] with stunning sea views. ST OSWALD’S DRIVE, and 9/2017/0915 DURHAM Contact: Cadley Cauldwell CORNWALL Guide price: £70,000 Residential plots Estate Agents 01283 217251 Planning: Cornwall Two plots available individually or [email protected] LISKEARD - Land at Council / PA22/09635 as a whole. Outline planning for a 33 Dennis Road Contact: Parkes & Pearn detached dwelling on each. SOUTH NORMANTON, Land of approx. 207m2 with outline 01579 343 633 Guide price per plot: £275,000 ALFRETON consent for one dwelling and [email protected] Planning: Durham County Council / Hazel Grove all matters reserved for a three- DM/16/01479/FPA A level building plot on the site of bedroom home of approx. 88m2. Contact: Bradley Hall 01913 a former garage with planning 839999 [email protected] permission for a three-bedroom bungalow in a cul-de-sac. SHOTTON COLLIERY, Guide price: £90,000 DURHAM Planning: Bolsover District Land W of Highfield Cottage, Council / 22/00263/FUL Brackenhill Avenue Contact: Buckley Brown Estate A building plot with planning consent Agents 01623 633633 for two detached, single-storey mansfi[email protected] dwellings. Vendor will consider selling as individual plots. DEVON Guide price per plot: £75,000 Planning: Durham County Council / HIGHER MILLFIELD, DM/19/02941/FPA BRADWORTHY Contact: Robinsons Estate Agents 2.23 acres S of Mill Road 01913 862777 info@ A building plot with planning robinsonsdurham.co.uk permission for a three-bedroom detached bungalow of circa 172m2 Build It March 2023

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Sale A building site of approx. 0.17 includes large strip of meadow. WESTMILL Charlesbye Farm, acres in a favoured location with Guide price: £975,000 Westmill Barn Greetby Hill countryside views. Outline planning Planning: London Borough of Large grain barn with south A building plot of just over 0.25 acres permission for a detached two-storey Hillingdon / 9790/APP/2022/684 facing views with permission for with full planning for an architect- dwelling with parking for two vehicles. Contact: Rodgers Estate the construction of three designed single-storey, four-bedroom Guide price: £225,000 Agents 01895 823333 properties. There is an adjacent home in a sought-after location. Planning: North Devon harefi[email protected] barn for sale with no planning Guide price: OIEO £250,000 Council / 71863 permission that could be converted Planning: West Lancashire Borough Contact: Stags 01271 322833 WALTHAMSTOW under permitted development Council / 2020/0514/FUL [email protected] Tudor Court rights into four properties. Contact: Regan & Hallworth A plot set behind existing residential Guide price: over £750,000 01942 205555 SHALDON, TEIGNMOUTH units, with planning permission Planning: East Hertfordshire [email protected] Platway Lane approved for a double-fronted District Council / 3/21/2436/FUL A building plot with planning detached house. Contact: Private seller SCARISBRICK, ORMSKIRK permission in an enviable location Guide price: £700,000 07774 737548 4 Smithy Lane offering countryside views. 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GLENTHAM, MARKET RASEN Building plot with full planning detached home of circa 2,500ft2 Guide price: OIEO £350,000 Site of Glendower Guest House, permission to construct two in a village location, set back from Planning: Sevenoaks District High Street detached, four-bedroom houses the road with a countryside aspect. Council / 22/02214/FUL A two-plot development opportunity in a rural location following Guide price: £400,000 Contact: Keller Williams with planning granted for two demolition of existing outbuildings. Planning: Winchester City Advantage 07947 787006 contemporary detached homes of Guide price: OIEO £400,000 Council / 21/02468/OUT [email protected] 1,625ft2 each with south-facing Planning: Uttlesford District Contact: Charters Estate Agents gardens, private driveways and single Council / UTT/20/0080/FUL 01489 897711 bishopswaltham@ HEADCORN garages. The site is 0.19 acres and Contact: Pestell & Co 01279 chartersestateagents.co.uk Building Plot adj. Peckham the property which will be demolished 656400 [email protected] Farm, Ulcombe Road and cleared by the current owner. GRAYSHOTT, HINDHEAD A single building plot extending to Guide price: £250,000 MAYLAND Jubilee Lane approx. 1 acre, with full planning Planning: West Lindsey Rear 32 Steeple Road Plot of land with planning permission consent granted for a single-storey, District Council / 145290 Building plot totalling approx. 0.67 for a detached two-bedroom house four- to five-bedroom home of 306m2. Contact: The New Homes Agent acres. Full planning permission has with courtyard garden and driveway Guide price: £575,000 Limited 07745 440445 been granted for two three-bedroom parking following demolition Planning: Maidstone Borough [email protected] bungalows with double garages. of existing garage. Council / 20/501835/FUL Guide price: OIEO £400,000 Guide price: £150,000 Contact: Lambert & Foster STICKNEY Planning: Maldon District Planning: East Hampshire 01580 712888 Main Road Council / 19/00224/FUL District Council / 49946/002 [email protected] A building plot of approx. 96m x 24m Contact: Church & Hawes Contact: Warren Powell- Outline consent has been granted for 01621 782652 Richards 01428 604016 LANCASHIRE one dwelling set back from the road. [email protected] [email protected] Guide price: £165,000 ORMSKIRK THORRINGTON, COLCHESTER HERTFORDSHIRE Plot, Station Road A one acre building plot with full MARKYATE planning permission granted Hazel Corner a substantial home of over Detached building plot for sale with 4,900ft2 plus a detached annex full planning permission in an idyllic and three-bay garage. setting backing onto open fields. Guide price: £750,000 Two self-build plots are available Planning: Tendring District within the greenbelt area. Council / 22/01695/FUL Guide price: £300,000-£450,000 Contact: Michaels Property Planning: Dacorum Consultants 01206 820999 Council / 22/01245/MFA [email protected] Contact: Savills 07870 514100 [email protected] www.self-build.co.uk



CONVERSION OPPORTUNITY plotbrowser.com 113 BARN FOR 4 CONVERSION 1 Barn 1 is one of two rundown IN RURAL WALES buildings on the site 2 To the left of the barn LOCATION Roch, Pembrokeshire 1 is a commercial garage GUIDE PRICE £300,000 2 3 The proposed new build 3 PLANNING Pembrokeshire County is contemporary in design Council / 21/0917/PA 4 A lean-to extension will connect PLOT SIZE 0.5 acres to the main living space 5 The plot is extremely rural in nature CONTACT Pembrokeshire 6 Cuffern borders the Pembrokeshire Properties 01437 624265 www. pembrokeshire-properties.co.uk Coast National Park www.self-build.co.uk Set in a desirable location of Cuffern, Roch, this bungalow in Eastmoor Park is ripe for development. The site, which amounts to around half an acre, currently comprises a pair of rundown outbuildings. In May 2022, Pembrokeshire County Council granted full planning permission under reference 21/0917/PA for their conversion into two single-storey residential dwellings. Also included in the consent is the change of use of a commercial garage to provide ancillary domestic storage. The proposed accommodation for Barn 1 includes two bedrooms, a large open plan kitchen/dining/living space and lean to extension. Set in an idyllic location with rolling countryside views, generous grounds offer the opportunity for further extension, subject to the necessary planning consents. Cuffern itself hosts various outdoor pursuits, such as cycling and hiking. It borders the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and lies just 2 miles from the beautiful coastline. Further amenities, such as an airport, hospital, schools and sports facilities, can be found in the larger market town of Haverfordwest, just 8 miles away. The barn is on sale via Pembrokeshire Properties, with a guide price of £300,000. 56

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plotbrowser.com 115 NORFOLK footprint of the existing barns for a detached family home. CRANMORE is approx. 3,850ft2. Guide price: £475,000 The Barn, Dean Street Farm DEOPHAM Guide price: OIEO £200,000 Planning: West Oxfordshire An outbuilding that is approx. 11.9m Near Wymondham College Planning: South Norfolk District District Council / 21/00961/FUL x 5.82m with planning consent for An opportunity to part convert, Council / 2022/1685 Contact: Chancellors demolition and erection of a new demolish and rebuild an attractive Contact: Abbot Fox 01603 01993 774551 two-storey, three-bedroom dwelling. collection of traditional Norfolk 660000 [email protected] [email protected] Guide price: £375,000 barns in order to create a three- to Planning: Mendip District four-bedroom home. The total Council / 20/01644/OM GRAVEN HILL Council / 2022/0953/FUL Contact: Fine & Country North Plot 557 Contact: Hunter French 01749 Planning: East Lindsey District & West Norfolk 01553 769100 Serviced self build plot of 329m2 for 684198 [email protected] Council / 5/169/00488/21 wendy.graham@fineandcountry.com a four-bedroom home of up to 150m2. Contact: Hunters Turner Evans Plot passport provides maximum ORCHARDLEIGH, FROME Stevens 01790 752151 NORTHUMBERLAND dimensions, build zone of the plot Barn at Brookover Farm [email protected] and range of external finishes for A detached steel-frame barn with ELSDON houses in this character area. full planning permission to convert to NORFOLK The Old School Guide price: £227,000 a pair of semi-detached homes with Opportunity to purchase a stone built Planning: Cherwell District Council accommodation principally over one GATELEY property dating back to 1835, full of Contact: Graven Hill 01869 floor, private gardens and off-road Land at Primrose character and offering much potential 396070 [email protected] parking. Part of a group of 5 homes Cottage, The Common to convert into one or two residential set in 40 acres of farmland. Land extending to around 4.1 acres dwellings. There has been a positive WOODCOTE Guide price: £500,000 with planning permission to create pre-application response from Plot at 69 West Chiltern Planning: Mendip District a substantial home in a highly sought- Northumberland National Park. A plot of land at the end of a quiet Council / 2021/1970/FUL after location following demolition Guide price: £250,000 cul-de-sac. Planning permission is Contact: Savills 01225 874455 of the existing dwelling. There is also Planning: Northumberland granted for a detached chalet-style [email protected] consent for a large stable, garage National Park bungalow with three bedrooms. and open cart lodge block. Contact: Youngs RPS 01434 Gross internal floor area of 1,668ft2. SURREY Guide price: £650,000 608980 [email protected] Guide price: £295,000 Planning: Breckland District Planning: South Oxfordshire District CAMBERLEY Council / 3PL/2018/1020/F MORPETH Council / P22/S0429/FUL Bridge End and 3PL/2021/1475/VAR Plot for two- to three-bedroom Contact: Davis Tate 01491 873456 Land that has planning permission Contact: Sowerbys 01362 313260 house, Castle Bank [email protected] granted for a three-bedroom [email protected] A residential development site with detached home. There is also full consent for a detached two- SHROPSHIRE the added bonus of purchasing STOKE FERRY, KING’S LYNN storey, two- to three-bedroom house a three-bedroom semi-detached Barn, Oxborough Road with around 111m2 habitable space. TETCHILL, ELLESMERE property with the land. A detached former barn with planning Guide price: £150,000 Ellesmere Road Guide price: £225,000 permission granted for conversion Planning: Northumberland County A single building plot with full Planning: Surrey Heath to a detached two-bedroom Council / 22/02335/FUL planning permission for an architect Borough Council / 21/1150/FFU dwelling on a quiet private road. Contact: George F White 01833 designed cottage-style property of Contact: Romans 01276 601600 Guide price: £120,000-£130,000 690390 [email protected] around 95.63m2 with parking and [email protected] Planning: King’s Lynn and West gardens. The site is a level Norfolk Borough TOW HOUSE, HEXHAM rectangular plot with services FARNHAM Council / 22/00441/F Land N of The Forge laid and awaiting connection. Land, Great Austins Contact: Abbotts 01366 Land that is 0.689 acres with Guide price: £79,995 A plot of land with planning granted 383456 downhammarket@ planning permission for a pair Planning: Shropshire on Appeal for an ‘Arts and Craft’ style abbottscountrywide.co.uk of residential dwellings. Council / 20/04023/FUL detached home with approx. 1,500ft2. Guide price: £250,000 Contact: Halls 01691 622602 Guide price: £500,000 WALPOLE ST. Planning: Northumberland County [email protected] Planning: Waverley Borough PETER, WISBECH Council / 21/01074/REM Council / WA/2022/01047 Plot 2, Walnut Road Contact: Bradley Hall 01912 NEWPORT Contact: Bourne Estate Agents A plot of approx. 50m x 17m. This is 842255 [email protected] Plantation Road 01252 723383 one plot of eleven at this location with A building plot of approx. 0.25 acres [email protected] outline planning permission granted OXFORDSHIRE with outline planning permission for an executive style dwelling for for a single detached dwelling. WEST YORKSHIRE which services ducts will be laid FREELAND Guide price: £225,000 to the front of the property. Land to the rear of Smarts Planning: Telford & Wrekin CHURWELL, LEEDS Guide price: £275,000 Cottage, The Green Council / TWC/2022/0743 The Towers, Elland Road Planning: King’s Lynn and Land with full planning permission Contact: Tempertons 01952 Full planning permission for West Norfolk Borough 812519 [email protected] a four-storey, five-bedroom detached dwelling with ample SOMERSET parking and garden space. The proposed new build has been CASTLE CARY designed to a high specification. Barn, Ansford Hill Guide price: £450,000 A detached agricultural barn with Planning: Leeds City full planning permission to demolish Council / 09/03751/RM and build a four-bedroom home Contact: Manning Stainton - set in around 1 acre. Land & New Homes 0113 203 4174 Guide price: £500,000 [email protected] Planning: South Somerset District Council / 21/02519/PAMB HOLMFIRTH Contact: Hunter French Plot adj. 8 Morefield Bank 01963 351182 A plot with permission to build a four- [email protected] bedroom detached house of approx. www.self-build.co.uk

116 plotbrowser.com 2,100 ft² on a flat area within a 0.75 building has a southerly aspect SOMERSET Guide price: £225,000 acre site. House will have far reaching overlooking the Deeside railway Planning: Sedgemoor District views and exceptional privacy. line and surrounding woodland. LOXTON, AXBRIDGE Council / 31/21/00035 Guide price: £300,000 Guide price: OIEO £150,000 Barn, White House Lane Contact: Hollis Morgan Planning: Kirklees Council Planning: Cairngorm National For Sale by live online auction 0117 973 6565 / 2021/62/94630/W Park / APP/2022/1699 on 15 February 2023: Barn with [email protected] Contact: Cornerstone Estate Contact: Galbraith 01224 860710 planning for a three- to four- Agents 01484 865646 [email protected] bedroom home of 1,657ft2. Outline planning permission for huddersfi[email protected] a dwelling and garage has been FORDOUN Planning: East Ayrshire granted on a serviced plot. Plans HOLMFIRTH Plot 1, NE of Old Aberdeen Road Council / 18/0885/PP show a house and garage with a Building Plot, Longlands Bank A site that totals 0.35 acres on the Contact: Galbraith 01292 292535 large south-facing garden area. A plot of land with full planning outskirts of village with full planning fi[email protected] Guide price: OIEO £160,000 permission to build a four-bedroom permission for two four-bedroom Planning: Perth and Kinross detached family house of approx. detached two-storey dwellings SKARES, CUMNOCK Council / 21/02025/IPL 72m2 set over three floors. with integral double garages. Whitesmuir Contact: Irving Geddes Guide price: OIEO £185,000 Guide price: OIEO £85,000 A derelict farmhouse/cottage 01764 653771 Planning: Kirklees Council / Planning: Aberdeenshire in about 0.42 acres with planning [email protected] 2019/62/92495/W Council / APP/2021/1436 permission to redevelop and Contact: Cornerstone Estate Contact: Aberdein Considine extended the property into a three- GLENLOMOND, KINROSS Agents 01484 865646 01738 450700 [email protected] bedroom home of approx. 143m2. Plots 2, 3 and 4 huddersfi[email protected] Guide price: OIEO £75,000 Three plots available separately WESTHILL Planning: East Ayrshire with detailed planning permission. WEST SUSSEX Plot at Kirkton of Skene Council / 22/0250/PP Plot 2 = 0.12 acres. Plot 3 = 0.11 A plot of 2,000m2 with a south-facing Contact: Galbraith 01292 292535 acres. Plot 4 = 0.10 acres. These SHOREHAM-BY-SEA aspect. Fully serviced with mains fi[email protected] plots are Phase 1 of planning consent Plot at 8 Fishermans Walk water, mains sewer and electricity. for 13 new dwellings and consent is A plot of land with full planning Planning permission to erect HIGHLAND live in perpetuity in light of works permission for the construction a substantial family home. having commenced on site. of a three-bedroom detached home Guide price: OIEO £195,000 ISLE OF EIGG Guide price: £100,000 per plot with parking, close to the beach. Planning: Aberdeenshire Plot at Cleadale Planning: Perth and Kinross Guide price: OIEO £280,000 Council / APP/2022/1233 An elevated building plot a short walk Council / 16/00751/FUL Planning: Adur & Worthing Contact: Peterkins (Property Sales) from Laig Bay and the Singing Sands Contact: Galbraith 01786 434600 Councils / AWDM/0881/21 01224 428100 with views towards the Isle of Rum [email protected] Contact: Robert Luff & Co 01903 [email protected] and Outer Hebrides, the plot extends 33247 [email protected] to around 0.23 acres. Planning SCOTTISH BORDER permission in principle has been SCOTLAND EAST AYRSHIRE granted for the erection of a house. ANCRUM Guide price: £65,000 Plot at Roadman’s Cottage ABERDEENSHIRE GALSTON Planning: Highland Council / A building plot of approx. 0.2 acres. 22/03927/PIP Planning permission was granted DINNET, ABOYNE Sornhill Row Plots Contact: MacPhee & Partners in full for a reinstatement The Old Station Building Two rural building plots in a hamlet 01397 702200 of the existing dwelling. In Royal Deeside and the Cairngorms of 13 houses. Plot 1 about 0.4 acres. [email protected] Guide price: OIEO £140,000 National Park, a former station Plot 2 about 0.62 acres. The Planning: Scottish Borders building has consent for conversion proposed one-and-a-half-storey KENSALEYRE, ISLE OF SKYE Council / 17/01115/FUL into a residential dwelling. The houses, each about 200m2 will sit Two House Sites at Eyre Contact: George & James Oliver lower than the existing road level. 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130 ARCHITECT’SVIEW Katerina Spetsiou, project manager at Scenario Architecture, reveals what you need to know about adding a basement to your build Top tips for MATT CLAYTON your basement extension In this conversion of a Victorian family house, Scenario Architecture maximised natural light in the basement at every opportunity, thanks What is the benefit of a basement extension? to the innovative light well that wraps around from ceiling to wall There are two categories of people who add basements to their homes. One is those who need more accommodation but can’t example, cutting the floor above back to create a gallery. This helps extend upwards or outwards for planning or logistical reasons. to form a connection between the ground and lower ground floor, Therefore, the only way to add additional square footage is making the space feel like it’s part of the whole house, rather than by digging down, and this is where a basement extension or just a basement, and in turn bringing in daylight. conversion can benefit them. Often people who are driven by the need for additional space will try to get an extra bedroom in there. There could be planning constraints when putting in a light well, particularly if your property is mid-terrace or if you’re The other category is those looking to use a basement as a luxury installing one on either the front or side of your house, as these will space; they don’t necessarily need the square footage for functional be visible from the street. It’s also important to consider whether zones. The most common uses for the new floorplan might be wine you’re in a conservation area. If you are, have a look around at rooms, home cinemas, gyms etc. Across the board, however, people neighbouring properties to see if other people have installed light will usually have a utility room of some kind, as basements are a wells, because if there’s a precedent in the area, the planners are great place to hide the more back-of-house elements. likely to be open to this kind of feature. What do you need to consider before digging down? The size of your garden might also come into play if you’re First and foremost, your budget needs to allow for this type of installing a light well at the rear of the property. If it’s a small extension, as basements are the most expensive way of adding garden, the back of the house is likely to be more visible from more space to an existing house. The second thing you need to the surrounding area, so you might well require planning permission. consider is how much natural daylight you need in this subterranean storey; especially if you’re going to use it as a living space as What does excavating a new basement extension opposed to just a utility zone. If you do require natural light, then involve and what do you need to consider? investigate whether you can get planning consent for a light well. This process will require underpinning of the existing foundations. There are no shortcuts here and you should always invest in using You should also assess whether there is anything below your a specialist, experienced team to do the work. Ensure you get a property that would get in the way of extending down. For example, structural engineer on board to plan it properly, too. drains needing to be diverted. Or it might be something weird and wonderful, such as if the house is built on top of an archaeological Depending on access to the site and other parameters, it’s likely site. This must all to be considered in the planning stages. the only way you’ll be able to dig down is through the ground floor, particularly if the dwelling is situated in a dense urban area. In some It’s paramount to get the waterproofing right. This involves instances, you can excavate from the front or the side, but on tight tanking the basement, which means applying a membrane to the London plots, the chances are you will need to break through some inside and/or outside of the structure. Doing this properly means of the floorboards or whatever your ground floor is made from. following the guidance set out in BS8102:2022 to ensure there are no leaks or damp issues. If it’s not designed and carried out If your site doesn’t provide sufficient access for a digger, even correctly, you risk having to tear up the basement you’ve just built getting a mini digger will help to speed up the work – excavating to find out where these water issues are coming from and fix them. by hand is a long and expensive process. Along with this, you need to think about how you’ll cart the soil away. It’s essential What are the best solutions for getting to have a really robust planning application that demonstrates natural light down into a basement? that you and your contractors know what you’re doing. We always consider the orientation of the building first to see which way faces south, and then we’ll try to get as many light wells on this Your goal should be to create a space that doesn’t actually feel facade as possible to maximise natural light. We often employ like a basement, but instead a natural continuation of the above- design tricks internally to get in as much light as possible. For ground storeys. So, I would advise aiming for a finished ceiling height of at least 2.3m, or even more if possible. Yes, it will cost more to dig deeper, but it’s worth that bit extra for the finished result. Katerina Spetsiou is a project manager at Scenario Architecture. Based in London, the RIBA chartered practice creates functional yet elegant spaces with sustainability in mind. For more information or to discuss a project, call 020 7686 3445 or visit www.scenarioarchitecture.com Build It March 2023

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