Project portfolio
Our projects
New homes, extensions, conversions, appeals and commercial schemes, each with the council, the documents we prepared and, where available, the application reference.
Our work by type
Projects by type
The number of jobs of each type in our project records, from house extensions to appeals and certificates of lawfulness.
12 projects
New homes & conversions
Replacement dwellings, new homes on infill and backland plots, and conversions to flats.
20 Culver Lane
Replacement two storey dwelling · Earley, Reading RG6
5 Gould Road
Additional storey & two-dwelling scheme · Feltham TW14
19 Glebe Road
Extension & subdivision into 2 semi-detached homes · Purley on Thames, Reading RG8
Land rear of 24–26 Wantage Road
Two new semi-detached dwellings · Reading RG30
27 Pink Lane
Replacement modern dwelling · Burnham, Slough SL1
181 Headley Road
New detached dwelling in side garden · Woodley, Reading RG5
2 & 4 Victoria Road
New chalet bungalow (backland) · Woking GU22
10 Holmes Road
New end-of-terrace dwelling · Reading RG6
2 Mason Street
Conversion to 3 flats with rear extension · Reading RG1
14 Mount Pleasant
Conversion to 2 flats with rear extension · Reading RG1
1 Elm Grove Cottage
Outbuilding converted to a dwelling · Chieveley, Newbury RG20
573 London Road
Six terraced houses · Langley, Slough SL3
Planning constraints we check
New homes face the widest range of checks. Each scheme starts with a constraints review covering policy, design, ecology, trees, flood risk, highways and contributions, so the reports the council will ask for are commissioned at the right time.
- Local Plan policies: Reading Borough Local Plan 2019 (CC7 design, CC8 amenity, H9 house extensions, H11 garden land); Wokingham Core Strategy CP3 and the Managing Development Delivery Local Plan (TB06 garden land); the Bracknell Forest Local Plan; West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2023 to 2041 (SP7 design quality); Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies DPD 2009 (EN1); Slough Core Strategy and saved Local Plan policies; and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- Design guidance: The Wokingham Borough Design Guide SPD, Reading's Residential Conversions SPD and design guidance, the Slough Residential Extensions Guidelines SPD and the Bracknell Forest Design SPD, which set rules on scale, roof form, materials, set backs and separation distances.
- Space standards and amenity space: The Nationally Described Space Standard for new homes and flats, private garden and amenity space, bin and cycle storage.
- Neighbour amenity: Daylight and outlook tested with the 45 and 25 degree methods in BRE 209 (Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight), overlooking distances, overshadowing and the effect of new windows on neighbours' privacy.
- Ecology and biodiversity: Bat and nesting bird checks under the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, preliminary roost assessments where roofs or old buildings are affected, and Biodiversity Net Gain under the Environment Act 2021 with the statutory biodiversity metric (householder applications are exempt).
- Trees: Tree Preservation Orders and conservation area trees, root protection areas, and tree surveys, arboricultural impact assessments and protection plans to BS5837:2012 where building works come close to trees.
- Flood risk and drainage: The Environment Agency flood map (Flood Zones 1 to 3), site specific flood risk assessments, the sequential test for new homes in higher risk zones, and sustainable drainage (SuDS) for surface water.
- Highways and parking: The council's parking standards, access and visibility splays, Manual for Streets, refuse and delivery vehicle access, cycle storage and, for larger schemes, transport statements.
- Heritage: Listed buildings and conservation areas under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and NPPF chapter 16, with heritage statements where needed.
- Green Belt, landscape and the Thames Basin Heaths: Green Belt tests on proportionate extensions and replacement buildings, National Landscape settings, and Thames Basin Heaths SPA mitigation (SANG and SAMM contributions) for new homes within 5km.
- Community Infrastructure Levy: CIL liability under the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 for new homes and extensions over 100 square metres, with self build and residential extension exemptions claimed before work starts.
42 projects in five groups
House extensions & alterations
Single and two storey extensions, loft conversions, garage conversions and garden buildings. Each group has its own page with planning guidance and every example.
Rear, side and wrap around extensions that open a house to its garden, drawn and taken through planning.
15 Monks Way
Single storey rear extension · Reading RG30
24 Lenham Close
Single storey side & rear extensions · Winnersh, Wokingham RG41
8 Hilltop Road
Appeal – single storey front/side extension · Caversham, Reading RG4
3 Wavell Close
Single storey rear extension · Reading RG2
Extra bedrooms and bathrooms over new or existing ground floor space, designed to sit comfortably with the house and its neighbours.
Popescroft Lodge, Popeswood Road
First floor front extension · heritage setting · Binfield, Bracknell RG42
19B The Paddock
Two storey side & single storey rear extensions · Longworth, Abingdon OX13
4 Meadow View
Two storey side extension & porch · 3D visuals · Winnersh, Wokingham RG41
Frensham Cottage, Beeches Road
Part single, part two storey rear extension · Farnham Common SL2
Rear dormers, hip to gable extensions, bungalow lofts and roof raising, drawn and taken through the right consent route.
24 New Lane Hill
Roof raising & loft conversion · Tilehurst, Reading RG30
20 King Street Lane
Roof extension, dormers & rear extension · Winnersh, Wokingham RG41
11 The Rise
First floor extension & roof raising · Finchampstead, Wokingham RG40
29 Rowan Drive
Bungalow loft conversion · Crowthorne RG45
Turning an integral, attached or detached garage into a study, playroom, dining room or guest annexe.
Southend Cottage
Garage conversion to guest annexe · Ogbourne St George, Marlborough SN8
108 Mayfair
Garage conversion to dining room · Tilehurst, Reading RG30
34 Shepherds Hill
Garage conversion to playroom · Earley, Reading RG6
39 Doddington Close
Garage conversion to study · Lower Earley, Reading RG6
Garden offices, gyms, garden rooms and the conversion of existing outbuildings into living accommodation.
46B Thirlmere Avenue
Garden room outbuilding · Tilehurst, Reading RG30
18 Dawlish Road
Garden gym outbuilding · Reading RG2
8 Pitts Lane
Two storey gym and office outbuilding · Earley, Reading RG6
Stanlake Farm Cottage
Outbuildings to ancillary guest house · listed, Green Belt · Twyford, Reading RG10
5 projects
Planning cases
HMOs in controlled areas, committee approvals, appeals and certificates of lawfulness.
62 Prospect Street
Change of use to 6-bed HMO (C4) & rear extension · Caversham, Reading RG4
8 Hilltop Road
Appeal – single storey front/side extension · Caversham, Reading RG4
81 Hamilton Road
Large HMO (6 bedsits) at committee · Reading RG1
9 College Road
Certificate of lawful existing use (2 flats) · Reading RG6
67a Foxhill Road
Office/industrial unit to 3 flats · Reading RG1
Planning constraints we check
Planning cases turn on evidence and procedure. We test each case against the policies the council relied on and the legal tests that apply before advising whether to proceed.
- Evidence and procedure: For appeals, the Planning Inspectorate's procedural guide and the council's reasons for refusal; for certificates of lawfulness, sections 191 and 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and the balance of probability test; for HMOs, Article 4 directions and the council's HMO and residential conversion policies.
- Local Plan policies: Reading Borough Local Plan 2019 (CC7 design, CC8 amenity, H9 house extensions, H11 garden land); Wokingham Core Strategy CP3 and the Managing Development Delivery Local Plan (TB06 garden land); the Bracknell Forest Local Plan; West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2023 to 2041 (SP7 design quality); Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies DPD 2009 (EN1); Slough Core Strategy and saved Local Plan policies; and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- Design guidance: The Wokingham Borough Design Guide SPD, Reading's Residential Conversions SPD and design guidance, the Slough Residential Extensions Guidelines SPD and the Bracknell Forest Design SPD, which set rules on scale, roof form, materials, set backs and separation distances.
- Permitted development and Article 4: Classes A to E of Part 1 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015, prior approval for larger rear extensions, and Article 4 directions that remove permitted development rights in parts of Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire.
- Space standards and amenity space: The Nationally Described Space Standard for new homes and flats, private garden and amenity space, bin and cycle storage.
- Neighbour amenity: Daylight and outlook tested with the 45 and 25 degree methods in BRE 209 (Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight), overlooking distances, overshadowing and the effect of new windows on neighbours' privacy.
- Highways and parking: The council's parking standards, access and visibility splays, Manual for Streets, refuse and delivery vehicle access, cycle storage and, for larger schemes, transport statements.
4 projects
Commercial
Commercial and institutional buildings, with the technical reports councils require.
Haldane House Nursing Home
Two storey extensions to a care home · 127 Yorktown Road, Sandhurst GU47
11 & 12 Woodlands Parade
Change of use to restaurant and takeaway · Ashford, Surrey TW15
82 Loverock Road
Commercial garage unit extension · Reading RG30
103 Basingstoke Road
Shop to restaurant and takeaway · Reading RG2
Planning constraints we check
Commercial schemes are judged on their effect on neighbours and the street as much as on the building itself, so noise, odour, servicing and signage are planned and evidenced from the start.
- Local Plan policies: Reading Borough Local Plan 2019 (CC7 design, CC8 amenity, H9 house extensions, H11 garden land); Wokingham Core Strategy CP3 and the Managing Development Delivery Local Plan (TB06 garden land); the Bracknell Forest Local Plan; West Berkshire Local Plan Review 2023 to 2041 (SP7 design quality); Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies DPD 2009 (EN1); Slough Core Strategy and saved Local Plan policies; and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- Use class, noise and odour: The Use Classes Order (Class E and hot food takeaways as sui generis), kitchen extraction to the EMAQ guidance, odour risk assessments to IAQM methods, noise assessments to BS 4142, hours of opening and servicing.
- Shopfronts and advertisements: Shopfront design guidance and advertisement consent under the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, judged on amenity and public safety.
- Neighbour amenity: Daylight and outlook tested with the 45 and 25 degree methods in BRE 209 (Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight), overlooking distances, overshadowing and the effect of new windows on neighbours' privacy.
- Highways and parking: The council's parking standards, access and visibility splays, Manual for Streets, refuse and delivery vehicle access, cycle storage and, for larger schemes, transport statements.
- Flood risk and drainage: The Environment Agency flood map (Flood Zones 1 to 3), site specific flood risk assessments, the sequential test for new homes in higher risk zones, and sustainable drainage (SuDS) for surface water.
- Heritage: Listed buildings and conservation areas under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and NPPF chapter 16, with heritage statements where needed.
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