Extensions and remodelling
If your family needs a larger kitchen, an extra bedroom or a better layout, we design extensions that add space without crowding your plot.
Ecclesall · Sheffield
Planning consultants in Ecclesall
You may need more room as your family grows, or you may simply want the space you have to work harder for you. The answer might be an extension, a loft conversion or a new layout. In Ecclesall, the trees, the woods nearby and the houses around yours will all have a say in which one suits your home best.
With your address and a rough sketch, we can often tell you whether your project falls under permitted development or needs an application. Whichever it turns out to be, you will have one team beside you from the first idea to the decision.
Key contact
Richard Pigott
Managing Director – Chartered Town Planner
How we can help
Extending and improving your home in Ecclesall
Whether you need more room for a growing family or a layout that works better for you, your project will most likely fall into one of the four areas below. We can help at every step, from a first check on whether you need permission to the drawings your builder will work from.
Architecture and design
Our architects bring the same care to a period house as to a post-war one, so your home gains space and light while keeping its character.
Permitted development checks
We can tell you clearly whether your plans need permission and, if you would like formal confirmation, apply for a lawful development certificate for you.
Trees and neighbours
If a protected tree or a close neighbour is likely to shape your plans, we design around them from the start so your application has fewer questions to answer.
Local context
Planning in Ecclesall
Your family home in Ecclesall, whether period or post-war, is likely to sit on a green, settled road where trees and neighbours are never far away. Family extensions, loft conversions and new layouts are the heart of what we offer here. Each of them needs to work with both, so we plan for trees and neighbours with you from the very first sketch.
On Ecclesall Road South, our planning and heritage team worked on Banner Cross Hall, a Grade II listed building that was in use as offices. Sheffield City Council approved its change of use to a school for pupils with special educational needs. If you own a listed building or are weighing up a new use for one, a project like this shows how closely the planning and heritage cases need to work together. We would bring the same care to yours.
Mature trees are part of what makes Ecclesall feel the way it does, and they deserve thought before anything else. If there is a large tree near where you would like to build, we look at it first. We will also tell you at the start if the Council is likely to ask for a tree survey, so you know what to expect before you commit.
Protected trees
Some Ecclesall trees carry preservation orders, and a protected tree's roots and canopy can decide where an extension goes and how its foundations are designed. We check for orders before any design work starts and plan your extension around the trees that matter.
The edge of Ecclesall Woods
Ecclesall Woods is ancient woodland, which national policy protects closely. If your garden runs up to the woods, the woodland edge will shape how close you can build. We will help you shape a design that gives the trees the room they need.
Neighbours and outlook
Many Ecclesall homes sit close to their neighbours, so overlooking, light and outlook are usually what the Council weighs most carefully. We design to protect your neighbours' amenity as well as your own, which helps your application to be received well.
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Projects nearby
Our work in Ecclesall
Banner Cross Hall on Ecclesall Road South is a Grade II listed building where we secured permission for a change of use from offices to a school.
Ecclesall Road South, Sheffield
Change Of Use from Office to School – Sheffield
Listed Building and Planning application for the change of use of Banner Cross Hall, a Grade II listed building in
Common questions
Questions about extending in Ecclesall
Will a tree in my garden affect my plans?
A mature tree can affect where and how you extend, particularly if it is protected by a preservation order. We check early whether any trees on or near your plot are protected, and we design around them so they do not hold your project back.
Can I extend without planning permission?
A good number of extensions fall within permitted development, subject to limits on size, height and position that depend on your house. Those rights do not apply to every property, and they are narrower in a conservation area. We will confirm what you can do, and a lawful development certificate can then put that answer on formal record for you.
My house backs onto Ecclesall Woods. Does that change anything?
A garden that meets the woods needs a little more thought, because the trees along the edge need room for their roots and the woodland itself is protected. We will look at how close your plans come to it and help you find a design that works for you and for the trees.
What matters most to the Council in Ecclesall?
The Council will look at the scale of your extension, how it affects your neighbours and whether it suits the green, settled character of the area. A design that answers those points from the start usually has a smoother path, and we will help you build your plans around them.
Do you work on listed buildings and changes of use as well as homes?
Listed buildings and changes of use are a regular part of our planning and heritage work, alongside family homes. If your project involves either, we would welcome a conversation with you and can explain how planning permission and listed building consent fit together.
How long will a householder application take?
Once Sheffield City Council has validated a householder application, it has eight weeks by law to decide it. Careful drawings and a complete application help you avoid delays at the start, and we will give you a clear idea of timing before anything is submitted.
Find us
Our nearest office
Planning & Design Practice — Sheffield
The Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX
Sheffield and South Yorkshire
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Get started
Extending your home in Ecclesall?
Do you have a sketch, a few photographs, or just a feeling that your house could work better for your family? Send them over with your address, and we can usually say the same day whether permission is needed and what is likely to work. You pay nothing for that first conversation.