01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Enfield.
Fixed fees, clear process.
Design, planning, building regulations and the contract on site, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Every service priced before you commit.
PLANNING AUTHORITY
London Borough of Enfield
02 · THE PRACTICE
Design to completion, from a RIBA Chartered practice.
Your Home Architects is a service offered by Vision and Design, RIBA Chartered architects based in London. We set it up so London homeowners can see the whole job in advance, with the price for each service agreed before that service begins.
Architects Registration Board
Architect is a title protected by law in the United Kingdom. Only someone on the ARB register may use it. Registration requires seven years of education and examination, is renewed annually, and can be removed for professional misconduct.
ARB REGISTERED ARCHITECTS
RIBA Chartered practice
Registration is held by the practice, not just an individual. It requires a registered architect in charge, professional indemnity cover, a written complaints procedure and continuing professional development.
VISION + DESIGN LTD
Why the title matters to you
An architectural technologist or designer may be excellent, but is not accountable to a regulator. V+D are Chartered Architects, giving you a complaints route, a disciplinary body and mandatory professional indemnity cover.
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03 · THE SERVICE
How we help homeowners in
Enfield
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Enfield and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Enfield runs from green belt in the north to the Lee Valley in the east, and the housing changes completely along the way. Extra rules apply across most of its conservation areas, and the borough is still working from planning documents adopted in 2010 and 2014 while a new plan is examined. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
We work across the borough on rear extensions and loft conversions, from the Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Enfield Town and Winchmore Hill to the interwar semis at Southgate.
04 · PUBLISHED FEES
Fixed fee, stage by stage.
Start with a free report. Instruct the next service only when you want to. Priced on how constrained the site is, not on how ambitious you are.
Straightforward work, straightforward pricing
01 · PLANS
Simple plans from only £1,450
• Permitted development only
• Plans and certificate application
• One design revision included
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02 · PLANS + REGS
Plans + building regulations from £2,950
• Everything in Simple plans
• Building regulations application
• Builder-ready technical drawings
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Not sure whether your project needs planning permission? The free report answers that first, at no cost.
Everything else, priced by band
BAND A
Unrestricted property · from £2,500
• Householder Application
• No listing or conservation designation
• From £2,500 for design and planning
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BAND B · MOST COMMON
Constrained property · from £4,000
• Conservation area
• More detailed planning coordination
• From £4,000 for design and planning
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BAND C
Complex property · from £5,500
• Listed, complex, or highly constrained
• Specialist consent and coordination
• From £5,500 for design and planning
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A short conversation about your house fixes the figure for each stage before anything starts.
*Every service is separately instructed and separately priced. Most projects begin with the free report.
**Structural engineers, party wall surveyors, Building Control and builders are appointed directly by you and are not included.
05 · START WITH YOUR ADDRESS
A free property report for London homeowners.
Enter your address and we will tell you whether your home is listed, sits in a conservation area or falls under an Article 4 direction, what you are allowed to build without planning permission, and what your neighbours have already been allowed to build.
Free · Within 48 hours · No obligation
What your report covers
• Listed status, conservation area and Article 4 direction
• What you can build without planning permission, specific to your house
• Your likely planning route
• Existing footprint, plot outline and planning history
• Flood zone, tree preservation orders and decided applications nearby
Download a sample report.
See the address check before you ask us to prepare one for your home.
06 · YOUR ADDRESS, NOT THE AVERAGE
What we check before anything is drawn.
IS YOUR STREET PROTECTED?
Around 22 conservation areas including Enfield Town, Bush Hill Park, Forty Hill, Winchmore Hill, Southgate Green and Clay Hill.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
Extra rules apply across most conservation areas, including Enfield Town, Bush Hill Park, Forty Hill, Winchmore Hill, Southgate Green, Clay Hill, Enfield Lock and Abbotshall Avenue. The borough-wide rule on shared houses does not affect extensions.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Victorian and Edwardian terraces at Enfield Town, Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill, interwar semis at Southgate, post-war estates at Edmonton and Ponders End, and detached houses at Crews Hill.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Rear extensions and loft conversions with a dormer. The interwar semis at Southgate take a rear extension and a loft comfortably.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
The Lee Valley brings flood risk in the east at Enfield Lock and Ponders End, with Turkey Brook, Salmons Brook and Pymmes Brook also relevant. Green belt covers the north and west. Reference: Core Strategy 2010 and Development Management Document 2014, with a new Local Plan submitted for examination in August 2024.
07 · CHECK IT YOURSELF
Estimate your London extension cost.
Estimate your full project cost — build, interior fit-out, regulatory and professional fees, contingency and VAT — calibrated for Inner and Outer London.
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08 · COMMON QUESTIONS
Do I need planning permission to extend in Enfield?
In the conservation areas, yes, and Enfield applies extra rules across most of them. Outside those, on the interwar semis at Southgate and the post-war stock further east, the usual allowances generally apply.
The council's plan is out of date. Does that help or hinder?
Neither, particularly, for a householder application. An older plan gives a little more room to argue a case on its merits, but the tests that matter, effect on neighbours and on the street, do not really change. A new plan was submitted for examination in 2024.
Is flood risk an issue here?
In the east, yes. Enfield Lock and Ponders End sit in the Lee Valley flood zone, and Turkey Brook, Salmons Brook and Pymmes Brook affect other areas, which adds a flood report to any application.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.