01 · YOUR HOME ARCHITECTS
Residential architects in Havering.
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 Havering
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
Havering
Fixed-fee architectural services for London homeowners, in Havering and every other borough, from a RIBA Chartered practice. Havering is one of the least restricted London boroughs for householder work: outside Gidea Park the usual allowances survive almost everywhere, and plots are generous. Much of the borough is green belt, which brings its own test if you are on the edge of it. We establish exactly what your address allows first, then price each stage before it starts.
We work on the interwar and post-war suburban stock here: rear and two-storey extensions and loft conversions, and larger schemes on the detached houses at Emerson Park and Gidea Park.
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 eleven conservation areas including Gidea Park, Romford, Upminster, Hornchurch, Emerson Park and Havering-atte-Bower. Coverage is light compared with inner London.
WHAT EXTRA RULES APPLY HERE?
Extra rules apply in the Gidea Park conservation area, confirmed in 2016. Elsewhere householder allowances generally survive. The two borough-wide rules on shared houses do not affect extensions.
WHAT KIND OF HOUSE IS IT?
Interwar and post-war semi-detached suburbia at Romford, Hornchurch, Elm Park and Harold Wood, with larger detached houses at Emerson Park and Gidea Park. Much of the borough is green belt.
WHAT PEOPLE USUALLY BUILD HERE
Rear and two-storey extensions and loft conversions. Plots are generous, so schemes here are usually larger than inner London equivalents.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT AFFECTS YOUR SITE
Much of the borough is green belt, where extensions are tested against the size of the original house. Flood risk is significant at Rainham and the Rainham Marshes, with the Ingrebourne and the Beam also relevant. Reference: Local Plan 2016 to 2031, adopted 2021.
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.
London extension cost calculator
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08 · COMMON QUESTIONS
Do I need planning permission to extend in Havering?
Usually not. Outside Gidea Park, which has its own rules, householder allowances generally survive across the borough, so plenty of rear extensions and loft conversions go ahead without an application. Green belt plots are the other exception.
My house is in the green belt. Can I still extend?
Usually yes, but the test is different. In the green belt an extension must not be disproportionate to the original house, so the council compares what you propose against the house as first built rather than as it stands today. Previous extensions count against you.
What is different about Gidea Park?
Gidea Park has extra rules, confirmed in 2016, because it is a planned garden suburb whose character depends on consistent detailing. Changes visible from the street need permission there, where elsewhere in the borough they often would not.
07 · CONSULTATION
Book a consultation.
Thirty minutes with a registered architect. Free, and nothing is committed.