Extensions and remodelling
Whether you need a rear, side or two-storey extension, we design it to suit your house in material, roof line and proportion.
Totley · Sheffield
Planning consultants in Totley
Your home in Totley may be stone-built, set among mature trees or backing onto open land towards the moor, and each of those will shape what you can do. Whether you are thinking of extending, remodelling or even replacing the house, we would like you to have a clear sense early on of what its setting will allow.
A short conversation is often all it takes for us to tell you whether the Green Belt or the conservation area affects your home, and what that means in practice. Because the same team looks after your design and your application, you only have to explain your plans to us once.
Key contact
Richard Pigott
Managing Director – Chartered Town Planner
How we can help
Help with homes and plots in Totley
Planning work in Totley usually falls into one of the four areas below. In each case, we will make sure you understand the planning position before you commit to detailed drawings.
New and replacement homes
If you are thinking of replacing your house or building on the edge of the village, we will set out the planning route first. After that, we can design a home that sits comfortably in its setting.
Conservation area schemes
If your house is in the conservation area, your alterations will need a little more care, and we will help you shape them to suit the village core.
Moorland edge and Green Belt
If your plot backs onto open land, we can tell you whether the Green Belt or the National Park applies and what room that leaves for your plans.
Local context
Planning in Totley
You might be planning a rear, side or two-storey extension, a new layout, or a new or replacement home on the edge of the village. In Totley, three things tend to shape a project like yours: the stone, the trees and how close your home sits to the open land. We help with all of these, and we give those three things our attention before anything is drawn.
If your house is stone-built, extending it well is largely a matter of respecting what is already there. In practice we look to match the stone and the way it is laid, and to keep roof pitches and proportions in step with the original. The aim is for your new work to read as part of the house rather than a patch on it. We talk these choices through with you early, because they settle a good deal of the planning case as well as the look of your finished home.
Around the edges of Totley, and particularly towards the moor, some homes sit within the Green Belt. You can still extend there, but the size of an extension is weighed against the original house, so earlier extensions usually count towards the total. We work out with you how much room that leaves, and whether a different layout or a replacement home might serve you better, before any drawings are made.
In the older core of Totley, a conservation area asks for extra care with materials and detail. Across the village, the mature trees in many gardens can also shape where your extension will sit comfortably. Whichever part of Totley you live in, we will help you see what applies to your home and shape plans that suit it.
Stone-built character
Much of Totley is built in stone, and the Council will want new work to feel part of that. We will help you decide early whether to match the original closely or to add something quieter and more modern that still respects it.
Green Belt and the open moor
Homes towards the moor can sit in the Green Belt. Further out, the moor itself falls within the Peak District National Park, where the National Park Authority takes the planning decisions. Extensions and replacement homes are still possible in the Green Belt within recognised limits, and we will confirm which rules apply to your site at the outset.
The conservation area
The older core of Totley is a conservation area, where work such as a side extension or a dormer, which might be permitted development elsewhere, needs planning permission. It shapes how you build more than whether you can, and we will check where your home sits in relation to it.
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Common questions
Planning a project in Totley
Is my Totley home in the conservation area?
Only part of Totley is covered, mainly the older core of the village. If you send us your address, we will check it against the boundary and let you know how the designation affects the work you are planning.
Can I extend a stone house in Totley?
You can usually extend a stone house here well, as long as the new work respects the original in material, proportion and roof line. We keep that in view from the very first sketch, and we will talk you through the options before anything is fixed.
My house is in the Green Belt. How much can I extend it?
The room available depends on how big the original house was and how much has been added to it since, because Green Belt extensions are judged against the original building. We can go through your house and its history with you, and tell you at the very start what is realistic.
Could I replace my house with a new one?
You can often replace a house, and it can be a good answer where an older home no longer suits you. In the Green Belt, the new house should not be materially larger than the one it replaces. We can help you weigh a replacement against extending, so you choose the route that suits you best.
Who decides planning applications in Totley?
Sheffield City Council decides applications for homes in Totley. Land further out on the moor is part of the Peak District National Park, where the decision rests with the National Park Authority instead. Your address is enough for us to confirm which of the two will decide yours.
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Planning & Design Practice — Sheffield
The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX
Sheffield and South Yorkshire
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Get started
Planning something for your home in Totley?
Whether you have drawings, a rough sketch or only an idea for your house in Totley, we would be glad to hear about it. Send it over with the address and we will tell you what looks possible. We usually reply the same day, and that first conversation costs you nothing.