Woodley, Reading RG5
A single storey front extension to a detached house in a Woodley cul de sac, enlarging the hall and front rooms under a pitched roof with roof tiles, windows and brickwork to match the house, supported by a biodiversity statement and CIL form.
17 Godstow Close is a detached house in a quiet cul de sac in Woodley, with garages to the side and a canopy roof over the front. The owners wanted more space at the front of the house without extending into the rear garden.
The single storey front extension replaces part of the existing front canopy and projects forward by a modest amount under a pitched roof. Roof tiles, windows and brickwork match the house, as the notes on the elevations confirm, so the front of the house keeps its character. The floor plans show the extended front of the house and the existing garages, which are unchanged.
Front extensions are not permitted development and always need planning permission. Wokingham Borough Council assesses them against Core Strategy policy CP3 and the Borough Design Guide SPD, which ask that extensions to the front are modest, keep the building line of the street and use matching materials. Keeping the projection small and the roof low was central to the design.
Wokingham asks for a biodiversity statement with householder applications. Ours confirmed that the house is outside the area where the council expects bat surveys, and that only a small part of the existing canopy roof would be removed, which is not suitable for bats. The application also included the CIL form and location plan.
Wokingham Borough Council charges the Community Infrastructure Levy on some development, so every householder application needs the CIL additional information form. For an extension of this size no levy is payable, but the form must still be completed correctly or the application cannot be validated. We prepare it with every application so there are no delays at the validation stage.
The drawing set includes existing and proposed elevations, floor plans, a roof plan and block plans, with the location plan. Two sheets of proposed elevations show the front, rear and both sides, so the council can see how the new roof meets the existing canopy and the garage wing. Small, clear applications like this are often the quickest to prepare and decide.
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