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Kitchen Extensions in Barking & Dagenham
One bright room for cooking, eating and family life, opening onto the garden. Designed, approved and built by one team.
Kitchens in Barking & Dagenham houses
Becontree and Chadwell Heath houses tend to have a small kitchen at the back, a separate living room and a long garden that is barely used from inside.
What works here
A single-storey rear extension is the usual answer on Becontree and Chadwell Heath houses. It turns a small kitchen into a proper kitchen, dining and family room opening onto the garden.
Planning a kitchen extension in Barking & Dagenham
Most of the borough is outside conservation areas, so a rear extension can often go ahead as permitted development or through prior approval. We check first, as some estate houses had their rights removed when built. Applications go to the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. We handle them for you.
How it works
Visit
We look at the house, the garden and how you use the kitchen now.
Design
Layout, glazing, roof and kitchen designed together, with drawings you can follow.
Permissions
Planning or permitted development, building control and party wall notices handled for you.
Enjoy
One team builds it and fits the kitchen. You enjoy the new room.
Roads we work on
Kitchen extensions that suit Barking & Dagenham
Rear extension with a lean-to roof
The Becontree estate houses are compact, with the kitchen in a small room at the back. A rear extension of three metres, permitted development on a terraced house, is enough to turn that into a kitchen and dining room, and six metres is possible through prior approval. A simple mono-pitched or flat roof and one wide set of doors keep the cost in proportion to the house.
Pitched-roof wraparound
The end-of-terrace and corner houses around Rush Green and Becontree Avenue have a side garden as well as a rear one. A wraparound under a pitched roof uses both, and can come close to doubling the ground floor of the original house. It needs planning permission, and should stay clearly lower than the main roof.
Questions
Can a kitchen extension go ahead without planning permission in Dagenham?
Often, yes. On a terraced or semi-detached house, permitted development allows a rear extension up to 3 metres, or up to 6 metres through prior approval, provided the house still has its rights.
Do you design the kitchen as well as build the extension?
Yes. Our interior designers plan the kitchen, lighting and finishes alongside the architecture, and our own workshop can make bespoke cabinetry.
Do I need planning permission for a kitchen extension in Barking & Dagenham?
Not always. Many single-storey rear extensions are permitted development, up to 3 metres deep on a terraced or semi-detached house and 4 metres on a detached house. Wraparound extensions, listed buildings, flats and houses under an Article 4 direction need planning permission.
Do I need a party wall agreement for a kitchen extension?
Usually, if you build on or beside the boundary or dig foundations within three metres of the neighbouring house. We serve the notices for you.
From our completed projects
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We take a limited number of houses each year. A director reviews every enquiry.