SDA Architecture | Garage Conversion, Extension Planning Permission, Manchester, Bolton, Wigan, Chorley, Leigh

One of today’s top house extension is a garage conversion. With the existing structure it can be very easy to plan for an extension and make your previously cold, concrete garage into an enjoyable living space.

SDA Architecture's garage conversion planning take all situations into consideration. With our free consultation service we will discuss with you the best way to modify your home to make it into a warm comfortable space that looks great both inside and outside. Below you will find a fully interactive home which gives the current information on garage planning as well as links to the government portals.

If your property is Semi Detached please click on the link below to open the interactive model and find out everything you need to know about your Planning Permission requirements:

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Benefits of a Garage Extension

Convert your garage and enjoy the extra space on the ground floor without reducing the natural daylight into other rooms.

Building an extension is proving much more popular and even cost effective than moving home.

The cost of building a full extension is much more than garage conversions.

You get the benefits of modern living with more people working from home, children with computers and gaming machines makes a home extension very attractive.

Moving the dining room into the garage conversion allows you to have a kitchen extension in both existing kitchen and dining room.

Planning Permission will be required for a garage if any of the following criteria are met:

Will your new garage be within 5 metres of your house?
Will the garage be nearer to a “Road” than any part of the “Original House” and be within 20 metres of the “Road”?

If the garage is to have a flat roof, will it be higher than 3m (9ft 9ins)?
Will the garage be over 2.5 metres in height within two metres of a boundary?

Convert into a home extension: Conversions are a great way to increase the floor space in your home.

Cars today are generally a little too wide for most garages to make it easy to park a car in every night so generally people use the garage to store unwanted items.

Garages are in the perfect place in the home to convert into useful rooms.

Convert into new study where the children can complete homework and you can safely supervise their Internet surfing.

Garage Extensions Manchester

Garage extension architects in Manchester have dedicated employed staff to ensure quality of work on all conversions. Garage Conversion Architects offer a complete package we can if required install kitchens, bathrooms complete the room with bathroom in a garage extension or garage extension for kitchen.

Planning permission Manchester: we are often asked if conversions in manchester require planning permission.

Most conversions don’t require planning permission but conversions need to be checked with the local authority.

Garage Conversion planning permission

Houses built in the past twenty years may have a condition attached to the original planning that states that it must be retained for the purposed of parking a vehicle.

Planning departments are usually happy to amend these conditions provided you have suitable off street parking but you must ensure the application is completed. This can delay the start date of works by up to approximately eight weeks.

If conversions are increased in volume by adding a bow bay window or a pitched roof the conversion will need planning permission in Manchester Bolton, Wigan, Chorley and Leigh.

Our staff complete all the planning permission and building regulation in Manchester Bolton, Wigan, Chorley and Leigh and paperwork for our clients.

Garage Extension / Conversion Bolton

Remember most garage conversions in Bolton don’t need planning permission you just need to make sure your choosen contractor conforms to all the regulations.

Conversion building regulations: The conversion into living space is considered as a change of use of a part of a building.

All garage conversions in Manchester Bolton, Wigan, Chorley and Leigh need building regulations approval. The building control officer will need to inspect the conversion several times during construction to ensure building regulations are implemented.

It is important to ensure the building is converted correctly with the appropriate building regulations approval.

SDA completes all the required permissions on behalf of each client.

When the project is complete all of the building regulations certificates are supplied for your retention

Architect for garage conversion

*The term "original house" means the house as it was first built or as it stood on 1 July 1948 (if it was built before that date). Although you may not have built an extension to the house, a previous owner may have done so.
*Designated land includes national parks and the Broads, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, conservation areas and World Heritage Sites.

It is important to get an architects advice for garage conversions in Manchester, Bolton, Wigan, Leigh or Chorley. Our Architects will design and plan a professional garage conversion design for you to submit to the Council planning and building regulations office.

We would always advise that you telephone your Local Authority Planning Department, and speck to a Planning Official to confirm if your new garage requires Planning Permission.

Garage Building Regulations

Do I need Building Regulations Approval to construct a detached garage?

You will need Building Regulations approval, If the garage meets the following conditions:

It is more than 30 square metres in floor area.
Is within one metre away from any boundary or constructed of non-combustible materials for example brick/block, concrete panel, tiled roof.
Contains sleeping accommodation.

Do I need Building Regulation Approval to construct a garage that is attached to my house?

Yes, garages which are structurally connected to a house will require Building Regulation approval.

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