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Kitchen Extensions in Loughton
One bright room for cooking, eating and family life, opening onto the garden. Designed, approved and built by one team.
Kitchens in Loughton houses
Loughton’s sloping plots often leave the kitchen above garden level, with steps down to the lawn and no easy way to use the two together.
What works here
Rear kitchen extensions often step down with the slope, giving higher ceilings and better views of the garden. We design the levels and drainage together from the start.
Planning a kitchen extension in Loughton
Outside the York Hill, Baldwins Hill and Staples Road conservation areas, rear extensions can often use permitted development. Near the forest, protected trees and their roots can limit where an extension can go. Applications go to Epping Forest District Council. 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 Loughton
Pitched side return and rear extension
Loughton’s Victorian and Edwardian houses on York Hill, Baldwins Hill and Church Hill have rear wings and sloping gardens. A pitched roof over a side and rear extension sits well against the hill. York Hill and Baldwins Hill are conservation areas, where a slated slope with conservation rooflights is the form most likely to be approved.
Full-width flat-roof rear extension
On the larger inter-war and later houses towards Alderton Hill and the forest edge, a flat-roofed rear extension with glazing on the corner makes the most of the view down the garden.
Questions
Can a kitchen extension step down to the garden in Loughton?
Yes. On a sloping plot we often drop the floor of the extension to meet the garden, which gives taller ceilings and a level threshold to the terrace.
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 Loughton?
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.