Extensions in Whitley
Most extensions are decided long before anyone digs: how deep you can go without a planning application, what is in the ground, and where the daylight will come from once the back wall moves.
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We cover Whitley for extensions. Home extensions cover single storey rear and side builds, two storey extensions, kitchen extensions and side return infills. Many single storey rear extensions fall within permitted development - as a headline 4m deep on a detached house or 3m on a semi or terrace - with larger builds possible through the prior approval route. Building Regulations always apply, and we handle the approvals, the structure and the fit-out.
Working in Whitley
Whitley sits in the CV3 postcode district, south-east of Coventry city centre, with Cheylesmore and Stoke Aldermoor as its closest neighbours.
It is one of the areas where our work is most often a mix: older housing that has been extended or re-roofed over the years, alongside more recent building that is now reaching the age where roofline, render and guttering start needing attention.
We cover Whitley for every trade. If you are nearer Cheylesmore or Stoke Aldermoor, those pages cover the same work and the same team.
- Whitley Abbey Primary School
- Whitley Common
- Meadow Park School
- A rear extension of 4m detached or 3m semi/terraced is generally permitted development, subject to conditions.
- Previous extensions count against your allowance, so what the house has already had matters.
- Permitted development never removes the need for Building Regulations approval.
- Removing the existing rear wall on a beam is what turns an extension into one room rather than two.
- Peg the footprint out on the ground before you commit to a depth - it changes minds.
The work itself, in plain terms
Single storey rear extensions
Kitchen-diners and family rooms across the back of the house, with the existing rear wall opened up on a correctly sized beam.
Two storey extensions
Ground and first floor in one build, which costs considerably less per square metre because foundations and roof serve both.
Side returns & side extensions
Infilling the narrow alley beside a terrace or extending across a side plot, usually with daylight brought in from the roof.
Planning & Building Control
Establishing the route - permitted development, prior approval or a full application - and handling the inspections throughout.
Groundworks & structure
Foundations to the depth the ground and nearby trees require, inspected before concrete, then blockwork, steel and roof.
Full fit-out
Plastering, electrics, heating, glazing, flooring and decoration - finished by the team that built the shell.
Built around how you own the property
Growing families
The space you need without moving, with a programme you can plan family life around.
Open-plan projects
Rear builds combined with removing the original back wall, which is where the transformation actually comes from.
Investors
Extensions costed against the realistic ceiling value for the street, not for the postcode in general.
The jobs that start with a phone call
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A design drawn to the permitted development limit without checking what a previous owner already added.
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An extension that leaves the original back room dark, because all the glazing went in the new rear wall.
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Drains or an inspection chamber running directly under the proposed footprint.
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A large tree close to the build on clay soil, which changes the foundation depth and sometimes the design.
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A kitchen-diner planned with no structural allowance for taking the existing rear wall out.
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A finished extension with a step down into it, because the slab level was set before anyone measured the house floor.
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Extensions in Whitley — your questions answered
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Speak to us today0786 5778332Do I need planning permission?
Often not for a single storey rear extension: as a headline 4m deep on a detached house or 3m on a semi or terrace, up to 4m high, is generally permitted development. Larger builds can go through prior approval. But previous extensions count against the allowance, and conservation areas or an Article 4 direction can remove the rights, so we check your specific property before anything is drawn.
How long will it take?
A straightforward single storey extension is typically a few months on site, two storey longer. Approvals come first and add weeks or months depending on the route. The groundworks and shell take longer than people expect and the fit-out goes quickly at the end. You get a stage programme with the quote.
Can I stay in the house?
Usually, for most of the build. The disruptive periods are when the existing wall is opened up and when services move. If the kitchen is involved, plan a temporary arrangement for a few weeks - we tell you roughly when and for how long rather than leaving you to find out.
Will the new room make the existing ones dark?
It can, and it is the most common regret. Extending the back of a house pushes the original rear room away from the daylight, so roof lights, a lantern or an internal opening usually need designing in from the start. We raise it at the quoting stage every time.
What about my neighbours?
If the work affects a shared or boundary wall, the Party Wall Act is likely to apply and formal notice is required. The prior approval route also consults them. Both are far better handled before work starts than as a complaint mid-build.
Do you work from an architect's drawings?
Routinely. If you have drawings we will build to them and tell you where we think they will cause problems on site. If you do not, we will tell you honestly when a project genuinely needs an architect or a structural engineer rather than pretending it does not.
Get your free extensions quote in Whitley
Tell us what you are hoping to add and roughly where on the house. We will come and look at the plot, the drains and the access, and tell you what is realistic before anyone pays for drawings.
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