Derby | architects
Derby architects who design to your budget, not their portfolio
You've got a budget, a plot or a house, and a fairly clear sense of what you want from it. What you haven't got is a year spare to learn how planning works the hard way. Good news: that part's ours. You make the calls that matter, and we handle the drawings, the council and the detail that keeps a project moving.
local proof
From city extensions to the biggest house in the village
Here's a sense of what that covers.
Take Brooklands, a replacement dwelling in South Derbyshire that ended up the biggest and best house in its village. Or Windy Rise at Little Eaton, where the new home quadrupled the one it replaced and still came away with unanimous committee approval, which doesn't happen by accident on a Green Belt plot.
It isn't all houses, either. There are apartment schemes for developers who've done it before, and co-living HMOs for the ones still finding their feet. Derby answers to Derby City Council, but a lot of the work crosses into South Derbyshire, Amber Valley and Erewash, and each reads an application a little differently.
the part everybody dreads
Around Derby, it depends which council you're standing in
Cross the right boundary and the same extension meets a different mood. Derby City Council handles the urban applications, but step into South Derbyshire, Amber Valley or Erewash and you're dealing with different officers, different local plans and different ideas about what fits. We've got work in all of them, which helps when a project sits awkwardly between policy and common sense.
The city has its own conservation areas and listed streets, where the bar on materials and proportion sits higher than people expect. Most refusals aren't a verdict on your idea, though. They're the answer to a question the application never got round to addressing.
architectural services in Derby
Whatever the scale, start with the idea.
House Extensions
More room without the upheaval of moving. Extensions designed to add space and value, with the Derby City Council side carried for you, so the forms aren't your problem.
New Build & Developer Schemes
One plot or a site full of them. We design apartment schemes for established developers and co-living HMOs for newer ones, built for the planners and the numbers alike.
Green Belt & Replacement Dwellings
Much of Derbyshire is Green Belt, and replacing or extending a home out there is a specific case to argue. We've made it, and won it, more times than we can count.
3D Visualisation
See it before you commit to it. Renders that help you, your family or a planning committee picture the finished thing before you spend on it.
What to expect
What working with us looks like.
Free consultation
We come to you, in person or on a call, and start by listening. The site, the budget, and what you want standing there at the end.
Design & feasibility
Options on paper, an early read on what the council will wear, and a direction you agree to before the formal drawings begin.
Planning submission
We put the application together, submit it, and deal with the case officer's questions so you don't have to.
Building Regulations
The technical layer: specifications, details and schedules, packaged so your builder and the inspector have what they need.
Site support
We stay reachable once the build's on. A call, a site visit, a quick answer for you or your builder when something comes up.
Thought about it long enough? Let's make a start.
Book a free consultation, or call and talk to a director. No cost, no obligation, only a conversation.
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