Common projects

Do you need planning permission for your home improvement project?
You may not need to apply for planning permission if your project falls under permitted development rights.
Find out if your project requires planning permission, falls under permitted development, or needs building regulations approval by browsing our common project guides, which explain the key rules and limits of over 60 home improvements, including extensions, loft conversions, and outbuildings.
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- Electric vehicle charging
- Energy saving
- Extensions
- External walls
- Fascias
- Fences, gates and garden walls
- Financing your project
- Flats and maisonettes
- Flue, chimney or soil and vent pipe
- Flues for biomass and combined heat and power systems - non-domestic
- Fuel tanks
- Garage conversion
- Gate ornaments
- Heat pumps