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How it works

Pre-designed drawings, configured for your home.

We have already drawn the common Permitted Development projects. You tell us about your property, choose your extension and configure it — and we prepare the drawing package for your home.

Four steps

From postcode to drawings.

The whole process happens on one page. You can stop and come back at any point before you pay.

Step 1Illustration of a house, step one: enter your postcode

Your property

Enter your postcode once. We find your local planning authority and ask a few questions about the house — type, material, whether it has been extended before, and any restrictions you know of.

Step 2Illustration of a house with a rear extension, step two: choose your extension

Choose your extension

Pick from eight pre-designed projects — porch, single storey rear or side, loft conversion, garden room, garage, two storey rear or conservatory.

Step 3Illustration of a tablet showing a drawing being configured, step three

Configure your design

Choose the real options we draw: wall material, roof form, and anything else specific to that project. Your design and price update as you go.

Step 4Illustration of a checklist, step four: review and buy

Review and buy

Check your configured project, read the scope, then pay securely. Add more than one extension to the same project if you need to.

What you receive

A complete, coordinated drawing set.

Every package contains the same set of sheets, supplied as PDF and supplied as sold.

See the full drawing set
The eight drawings in every PERMITTED package
Every package is supplied as PDF and supplied as sold.

Drawings

  • C01 Proposed Floor Plan — general arrangement and setting out
  • C02 Proposed Roof Plan
  • C03 Proposed Elevations
  • C04 Foundation, Ground Floor and Drainage Plan
  • C05 Building Sections
  • C06 M and E / Building Services Layout

Details and specification

  • SD01–SDxx Standard Construction Details
  • SPEC01 Building Regulations and Construction Specification

Delivery

  • Supplied as PDF
  • emailed after payment
  • Pre-designed packages and your chosen configuration
Structural engineering design and calculations are not included within the standard drawing package.

Where structural calculations or specialist structural design are required, these must be provided by a suitably qualified Structural Engineer. Structural engineering can be arranged separately at additional cost where required.

Permitted Development

What Permitted Development actually means.

Permitted Development rights allow many householder projects to go ahead without a full planning application, provided the work stays within defined limits set out in the General Permitted Development Order.

Our packages are designed to Permitted Development parameters — they are drawn around the standard householder limits for that project type.

This is important

Buying a drawing package is not planning permission and is not a Lawful Development Certificate. Whether your property benefits from the Permitted Development rights a project needs depends on your property and its history — including previous extensions, planning conditions, Article 4 Directions, conservation areas, designated land and listed status. Confirming that remains your responsibility.

  • Permitted Development applies to houses, not flats or maisonettes
  • Limits are measured against the original dwellinghouse, not the house as it stands today
  • Materials should be similar in appearance to the existing house
  • Work must not project forward of the principal elevation
  • Building Regulations are separate from planning and will usually still apply
If Permitted Development is not the route

Our parent practice can help.

If your property does not benefit from the Permitted Development rights your project needs, it becomes a planning enquiry rather than an off-the-shelf drawing package.

PERMITTED is part of YPDS Architectural Services, a Leeds architectural design practice. They can review your project, advise on the right route and prepare a planning application where one is needed.

Full architectural service

Measured surveys, bespoke design and planning applications.

Planning applications

Prepared, submitted and managed through to decision.

Building Regulations drawings

Technical drawings and submissions where your project needs them.

Ready when you are

See what you could build at your property.

Start with your postcode. It takes a couple of minutes and you can come back to it at any time.

Start your project

PERMITTED HOMEOWNER GUIDES

Planning a home project?
Start with a £15 guide.

Our illustrated, practical guides help you understand the rules, explore design options and budget with confidence — before you commit to building work.

  • Porch Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Porch Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Garage Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Garage Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Garden Room Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Garden Room Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Rear Extension Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Rear Extension Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Side Extension Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Side Extension Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Conservatory Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Conservatory Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Two Storey Rear Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Two Storey Rear Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
  • Loft Conversion Guide — £15 illustrated PDF guide by PERMITTED
    Loft Conversion Guide

    Rules, design options, costs and next steps.

    View guide
8 project-specific guidesClear, jargon-free explanations£15 off matching drawing packages

Maximize your property’s footprint with precision and ease. Permitted provides complete design for Permitted Development Rights. Our packages are designed around the Permitted Development limits, so many projects can proceed without a full planning application.