Attic Exemption Assessment
Attic Conversion Planning
Assessment Report
Before you commit to designs, builders or construction work, establish the correct route for your attic conversion.
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Check My Attic
Answer a few quick questions about your home and we’ll tell you the best route forward.
Start Your Attic
Conversion With Certainty
Before you invest in designs, builder quotations or construction work, establish whether your attic conversion is likely to qualify as exempted development or if it requires planning permission.
Our experience to date is that more than 65% of attics that involve dormer alterations or similar will require planning permission even with the new exempt regulations.
Our architects will review your property, your plans and the planning regulations, then recommend the most appropriate way forward.
We will assess your attic and issue an Attic Assessment Report guiding you on the right path to either an Exempt Attic Conversion or Planning Application, whichever is right for your project.
Are you considering an attic conversion?
Unsure whether you need planning permission?
Want to add a dormer, rooflight or hip-to-gable extension?
Want to understand your options before choosing a builder?
Do you want independent architectural guidance?
Have you received conflicting advice about planning?
Are you purchasing a property and considering an attic conversion?
Know before you spend.
Don’t make a mistake that could cost you thousands; book your architect’s Attic Assessment Report today.
The communication throughout was generally great. There are consistent emails explaining at what stage of the process your application sits and what you can expect. That kind of information is great and a lot of Irish companies should take note of it!
Thanks Stephen, all that hard work is much appreciated.
Stephen kept me up to date with every stage of the planning.
I highly recommend them for any planning permission.
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How The Assessment Works
Confirm your exemption from planning requirements or get a clear roadmap for your attic conversion’s next steps.
Tell Us About Your Property
Complete our Check My Attic form and provide your address, house type, proposed conversion and any available photographs or drawings.
Book a Call
Our qualified architects review the information provided, your proposed works and any apparent design or planning considerations.
Discuss Your
Options
We explain what’s achievable, identify potential concerns and outline whether the project is likely to follow the exempted development or planning route.
Receive Your Roadmap
You’ll receive either an Attic Assessment Report on how to proceed with your project as an exempt attic or as a project that requires planning permission.
Protect Your Overall Project Budget
Getting professional advice at the beginning of your attic project can help you avoid far greater costs during design and construction.
The Attic Assessment Report establishes the correct planning route before you obtain builder quotations or begin design work. It also helps identify potential design, planning or property constraints that could lead to unsuitable layouts, inaccurate quotations, construction changes or expensive remedial work.
By identifying these issues early, you can avoid unnecessary planning costs, reduce unexpected extras during construction and prevent mistakes that may cost thousands to correct later.
Plan correctly. Build with confidence. Avoid costly mistakes.
Avoid being caught down the line
Prevent unsuitable development work
Make decisions with full confidence
A Small Step Now Could Prevent Costly Problems Later
What the assessment covers
1. Establish Exempted Development
Get clarity whether your proposed attic conversion is likely to qualify as exempted development.
2. Planning Requirements
Establish whether planning permission may be required before your attic conversion project can proceed.
3. What May Be Achievable
Figure out what type of attic conversion would be most suitable for your property and for your goals.
4. Potential Constraints
Identify any apparent design, property or planning considerations that may affect the project.
5. Further
Investigation
Establish whether additional information, drawings or investigation may be needed.
6. The Correct
Service
Find out your next step, whether that should be an Attic Design Pack or an Attic Planning Pack, or whether you’re ready to go straight to finding the right builder.
7. Your Recommended Roadmap
Get a clear recommendation explaining the most appropriate way to move your project forward with complete confidence.
Know before you spend.
Don’t make a mistake that could cost you thousands; book your architect’s Attic Assessment Report today.