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Porch extension

Posted by Jude Crompton, on Mon 10 Apr 2017 11:46am

How much (and do you need planning permission) to have a 7 foot wide x 3 foot deep porch extension at the front of a house. Preference would be to build extension and remove the old external wall to open the front out, and add a new composite front door. Just an idea of cost and timescale would be great. Many thanks.

craig hollingworth

Mon 08 May 2017 08:49pm

Hi Jude Planning for front porches is generally not required as long as you follow a couple of conditions , 1 , that the floor area does not exceed 3 square meters and also the original external door into the property remains , however building regulations still apply Regards Craig Notts renovations

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Steve Harborne

Wed 12 Apr 2017 08:44am

Hi, A normal porch is around 3k, 2sqm. i would estimate your job at 7k ball park figure. you should not need planning but you might need building regulations, call the local council to find out. Regards SJH

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