House Extensions in Yateley

Yes. Alongside Yateley we regularly work in Fleet, Hartley Wintney and Camberley, and across the wider Hampshire border area from our office in Fleet. Bear in mind that some of those neighbouring towns sit under a different council to Yateley, so the planning and building control route can change from one to the next even over a short distance.

The estate housing runs to semis and short terraces, so party wall notices are routine on rear extension and wall removal projects here. If the property is semi detached or terraced, or if the foundations for any new element sit close to a boundary, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 is likely to apply and notice has to be served before work starts. We can confirm the position once we have seen the property, and serve the notices as part of the same project rather than leaving you to arrange it separately.

It can. Across Yateley the underlying ground is commonly Bagshot sands and river terrace gravels close to the Blackwater valley, and that has a bearing on foundation depth, on how a new bearing is detailed, and on how close to mature trees a foundation can sensibly go. That is a general description of the area rather than a statement about any particular plot, so where foundations are involved we design against what an investigation on the site actually shows.

Yes. Yateley Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area, so anything that creates a net additional dwelling near it faces an extra layer of assessment. Where any of that applies to a property, permitted development cannot be assumed, and on a listed building even internal alterations can need consent. We establish which of these apply to your address at the start, because it can change the structural solution as well as the paperwork.

Yes. If the design work is done, we can pick up the structural calculations and the building regulations detail from the existing drawings, provided the drawings reflect what is actually on site.

Yes. Beam and lintel design is part of the package rather than a separate purchase, which avoids the common situation where drawings are produced by one party and the structural detail has to be commissioned from another before building control will look at it.

Yateley falls under Hart District Council. It is the local planning authority, with Hampshire County Council above it for highways matters such as skip permits and any scaffold that reaches the pavement. That matters because a set of calculations and drawings has to be submitted to the authority that actually covers the address, and on this patch the boundaries run close together, so neighbouring towns can sit with entirely different councils.

If you are building on or up to the boundary, excavating near a neighbour's foundations, or cutting into a shared wall, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 applies and notice has to be served. Extensions on a semi detached or terraced property very often trigger it.

Design, structural calculations and building regulations support are priced against the scope of the project rather than a fixed rate, and we set that out in writing before anything starts.

Yes. Yateley is fully within our normal working area for house extensions, from Yateley Green, Darby Green, Frogmore and Yateley Common through to the surrounding streets. Yateley plots are generally generous by the standards of this patch, which usually means side access for beam delivery and a straightforward scaffold position.