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Kitchen Extensions in Emerson Park
One bright room for cooking, eating and family life, opening onto the garden. Designed, approved and built by one team.
Kitchens in Emerson Park houses
Most Emerson Park kitchens sit at the back of the house in a room that was never meant for family life: narrow, separate from dining and often facing a side passage rather than the garden.
What works here
Plots here are big enough for a full-width rear kitchen extension or a wraparound that brings the kitchen, dining and family room into one space facing the garden. Wide glazing, roof lanterns and level thresholds to the terrace are what make it work.
Planning a kitchen extension in Emerson Park
Havering judges rear extensions here on how much of the plot they cover and how they keep the gaps between houses. A single-storey rear extension usually works well; two-storey and side additions get a closer look under the Emerson Park policy. Applications go to the London Borough of Havering. 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 Emerson Park
Flat-roof wraparound
Emerson Park plots are wide and deep, so the extension can run across the whole back of the house and turn the corner along one side. A flat roof keeps it below the first-floor windows, and rooflights over the island and the dining table stop the middle of a deep plan going dark. Havering looks at plot coverage and the gaps between houses, so we keep the side element set in from the boundary.
Full-width flat-roof rear extension
Where the side of the house is already built up with a garage or an earlier extension, a single full-width rear extension is simpler. Four metres is permitted development on a detached house, and up to eight through prior approval, which is often enough for kitchen, dining and a seating area in one room.
Questions
How big can a kitchen extension be in Emerson Park?
On a detached house, permitted development allows a rear extension up to 4 metres deep, or up to 8 metres through prior approval, if the house still has its original rights. Larger schemes need planning permission, which Havering assesses against plot coverage and spacing.
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 Emerson Park?
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.