Areas We Cover

We work across ten towns on the Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire borders, from Farnham in the south west to Wokingham in the north. Our office is at First Floor, 30 Reading Road South, Fleet, GU52 7QL, which puts most of that area within an easy drive.

Because that council is the planning authority and, in most cases, the building control body for your project. The ten towns we cover fall under five different authorities, and each has its own local plan, its own policies on extensions and its own submission process. Two houses a mile apart can face different rules.

Very possibly. The list is where we work regularly rather than a hard boundary. Call and tell us where the property is and we will give you a straight answer about whether it is practical.

Across this area we work with Hart District Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, Surrey Heath Borough Council, Waverley Borough Council and Wokingham Borough Council. Most of those are district or borough councils in the two tier counties of Surrey and Hampshire, where a county council sits above them for highways. The Berkshire authorities are unitary, so planning, building control and highways all sit with the same council.

The price reflects the scope of the work rather than the postcode. Where a site is further out it can change how many visits are practical, and we say so up front rather than absorbing it into a vague figure.

Yes, and it is worth checking rather than assuming. Several towns on this list sit very close to a boundary, so the authority is not always the one the postal address suggests. We confirm it before any application is prepared.

The building regulations themselves are national, so the technical standard does not change from town to town. What changes is the local planning policy, the conservation and heritage designations, and the submission process each authority runs.

Yes. Much of this patch sits close to the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area, which brings extra assessment where a scheme creates a net additional dwelling. Green belt policy applies across large parts of the Surrey side, and several villages here have conservation areas covering their historic cores.

We have worked further afield where a project warrants it, including projects further into Hampshire. The towns listed here are simply where we work most often.

It depends on the diary rather than the distance, and we give you a real date rather than a hopeful one. Tell us where the property is and what you are trying to do and we will book it in.