Wraparound extension drawings in Enfield

The national limits for each arm

The side arm must stay inside this: Side extension: single storey, max 4 m high, max half the width of the original house. The rear arm is limited by: 3 m (attached) / 4 m (detached) beyond the original rear wall, single storey.

Many semis already have a garage or a single-storey side addition. That counts against the total, which is why we measure the original house from old plans or the survey and not from what is there now.

Where the numbers do not work, a householder application is the answer, and our planning drawings cover how that set is prepared.

A loft conversion has its own separate allowance, but if you are planning one as well we coordinate the sheets so the whole house is drawn consistently.

A rear arm that is deeper than the national limit sometimes gets approved on appeal and sometimes not, so do not draw it as a gamble. We would rather show you the largest scheme that sits inside the rules and one stretch version, so you can see what the extra depth would cost in risk.

Green Belt and heritage in Enfield

Green-belt polygons cover 37 per cent of the council area. A house inside the Green Belt is judged against the proportionate-addition test, and the original house outline needs to be clear on every drawing.

The borough has 24 conservation areas, 33 mapped Article 4 direction areas and 301 listed entries. In those areas: On article 2(3) land (conservation areas etc.): no side extensions, no cladding, no rear extension of more than one storey under Class A.

We check the address against all three layers before quoting.

Land at the edge of the borough sometimes falls inside the Green Belt even where a street looks like any other suburb. The map is detailed, and a house on the boundary can be inside or outside by a few metres, so we check at plot level.

Each conservation area has its own appraisal, and we read the one for your street.

Householder decisions and the household mix

Enfield decided 934 householder applications in its latest published year, granted 83.4 per cent and decided 92.4 per cent in time.

About 61.2 per cent of households live in a house, and 52.4 per cent own their home. Garden land covers 21.7 per cent of the borough, which is why rear extensions are so common here.

These results are for all householder work, and the council's planning team handles a steady flow of cases. We use them to set realistic expectations for timing, not to guess your decision.

Enfield's long rear gardens give a wraparound room, but the officer will still compare the footprint with the plot. A new room that fills most of the width at the back and runs down the side leaves a thin strip of lawn, and a thin strip is a common reason for a request to cut back.

Wraparound extension drawings in Enfield: the package

The council's householder fee is £548. On a semi, the side arm meets the boundary and so needs a party wall notice: Line-of-junction (new wall) notice at least 1 month before work.

Drawings start at £1,195 including VAT, a second chartered technologist checks each sheet, and we redraw at no charge if the council asks for amendments.

Compare rear extension drawings in Enfield or house extension drawings in Enfield if you want to look at smaller options, and see architectural drawings in Enfield. Nearby, the same service is covered in Barnet and Haringey.

If you also want other work on the house, we prepare all the drawings together so every set agrees.

We keep the model so that any change the council asks for is a small edit, and we redraw at no charge.