Single-storey, double-storey, rear and side extension drawings for Longwell Green homes — measured to South Gloucestershire Council's design guidance, delivered in days and revised free until your decision, with a free approval-odds check before you commit.
South Gloucestershire Council granted 83% of the householder planning decisions it made in its latest published year — 4 points below the 87% England-wide householder average. Longwell Green contains the Hanham Abbots Conservation Area conservation area (Hanham Abbots Conservation Area designated 1989), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, which is where a policy-literate drawing pack earns its keep. Its dominant postwar (1945–1970) housing stock sets the design brief on most streets.
Under Class B, a rear dormer stays permitted development up to 40m³ of added roof volume on a terrace or 50m³ on a semi-detached or detached house, while Class A allows a single-storey rear extension of 3m beyond the original rear wall on a terrace and 4m on a detached house before a full application is needed. Longwell Green carries at least one Article 4 direction, and conservation areas including Hanham Abbots Conservation Area remove those rights outright, so we confirm your exact address before a line is drawn. A validated householder application in Longwell Green is determined against an 8-week statutory target.
Hanham Abbots (conservation area designated in 1989), Hanham Abbots (civil parish within Longwell Green) and Oldland (civil parish within Longwell Green) — these are the Longwell Green pockets our drawings cover most. Heritage designations here include Hanham Abbots Conservation Area. South Gloucestershire Council weighs each proposal against South Gloucestershire Council's development plan and the design policies it applies to householder applications, where the 3,980 homes here are 32% 1973-1982, 27% 1955-1964, 21% 1983-1992, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. On roofs the borough is shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building and shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building, over 1970s and early-1980s houses (32% of 3,980 homes), late-1950s and early-1960s houses (27%) and 1980s estate houses (21%).
Longwell Green's designated heritage is specific, and it is the first thing we check against your address: Hanham Abbots (conservation area designated in 1989). Inside those boundaries permitted development is curtailed and South Gloucestershire Council assesses materials, window detail and roof form against the area's own appraisal, so a scheme that would be waved through two streets away can need a full application here.
Beyond the designated areas, Longwell Green takes in Hanham Abbots and Oldland. South Gloucestershire Council has 2 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Longwell Green.
On stock, Longwell Green is 1970s and early-1980s houses (32% of 3,980 homes), late-1950s and early-1960s houses (27%) and 1980s estate houses (21%) — which is why shallow trussed roofs typical of 1970s building and shallow gabled roofs typical of that period's building govern what a loft or rear projection can realistically be. South Gloucestershire Council decided 771 householder applications in the latest published year and granted 83%, with 61% issued inside the eight-week target. Those are the numbers our drawings are prepared against.
The full build-period split for Longwell Green runs pre-1900 2% (90 homes), 1900-1918 1% (20 homes), 1919-1929 1% (40 homes), 1930-1939 2% (80 homes), 1945-1954 2% (70 homes), 1955-1964 27% (1,060 homes), 1965-1972 3% (110 homes), 1973-1982 32% (1,290 homes), 1983-1992 21% (850 homes), 1993-1999 1% (50 homes) and 2000-2008 3% (100 homes). That distribution is why pre-1900 detailing dominates the drawings here, and it is measured from council-tax records rather than assumed from the street name.
South Gloucestershire Council also decides for Boyd Valley, Frampton Cotterell, Frenchay & Downend, Parkwall & Warmley, Severn Vale and Winterbourne, so a decision in Longwell Green sits inside a wider pattern of decisions we track across the same authority — useful when an officer cites a precedent from the next area over.
The Article 4 directions recorded for this council include Land at Gloucester Road North in the Filton ward and Land at Stoke Park and Cheswick ward East of Southmead Road. Each removes a specific permitted-development right inside its own boundary, which is why the check is done on the address rather than on the town.
Published figures for Longwell Green and South Gloucestershire Council. These are the numbers that decide what is realistic on your street, so we work from them rather than from national averages.
| Measure | Longwell Green |
|---|---|
| Dwellings recorded | 3,980 |
| Built pre-1900 | 90 (2%) |
| Built 1900-1918 | 20 (1%) |
| Built 1919-1929 | 40 (1%) |
| Built 1930-1939 | 80 (2%) |
| Built 1945-1954 | 70 (2%) |
| Built 1955-1964 | 1,060 (27%) |
| Built 1965-1972 | 110 (3%) |
| Built 1973-1982 | 1,290 (32%) |
| Built 1983-1992 | 850 (21%) |
| Built 1993-1999 | 50 (1%) |
| Built 2000-2008 | 100 (3%) |
| Built before 1919 | 3% |
| Built 1919–1939 | 3% |
| Built 1945–2008 | 89% |
| Conservation areas in Longwell Green | 1 (Hanham Abbots Conservation Area) |
| Conservation areas district-wide | 30 |
| Article 4 directions recorded | 2 |
| Householder applications decided | 771 |
| Householder applications granted | 83% |
| Decided within 8 weeks | 61% |
Dwelling stock from VOA council-tax data at 31 March 2025; conservation-area and Article 4 counts from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG); decision figures are South Gloucestershire Council's own, from MHCLG live table PS2 for the year to 31 March 2026.
Longwell Green homes come in a handful of recurring shapes, and each one points to a different extension. The borough is built largely from 1970s and early-1980s houses (32% of 3,980 homes), late-1950s and early-1960s houses (27%) and 1980s estate houses (21%), so a Victorian terrace usually wants a rear or side-return infill, while an interwar semi has room for a wider single-storey wrap or a two-storey side addition. South Gloucestershire Council judges every one of them against South Gloucestershire Council's development plan and the design policies it applies to householder applications, weighing footprint, height and the impact on the house next door before it looks at the elevations.
That is why the drawings decide the outcome. We set the extension depth against the permitted-development limits precisely, keep the eaves and ridge within the allowances, and plot the 45-degree daylight lines to the neighbours' windows so the case officer can see the amenity test is passed. Longwell Green contains the Hanham Abbots Conservation Area conservation area (Hanham Abbots Conservation Area designated 1989), so materials, fenestration and roof form are assessed against the appraisal, so we design around it from the first sketch rather than discover it at validation.
Longwell Green also protects whole streets — Hanham Abbots Conservation Area among them. South Gloucestershire Council has 2 recorded Article 4 directions — check the address before assuming PD applies in Longwell Green. On designated land the larger-home extension route and most side extensions stop being permitted development, so we confirm your address against those layers before drawing a line.
Plenty of Longwell Green extensions are permitted development and need no planning application — a single-storey rear extension within the depth and height limits is the common case. You will normally need to apply to South Gloucestershire Council if any of these apply:
We draw the footprint, the ridge and eaves heights and the neighbours' daylight on the page — the relationships South Gloucestershire Council's officers weigh first — and submit a validation-complete pack, whether that is a lawful development certificate, a prior-approval notification or a full householder application.
Below is South Gloucestershire Council's real householder decision record, drawn from official planning statistics and refreshed as new data lands. South Gloucestershire Council granted 83% of its householder applications in the year to 31 March 2026, and Hanham Abbots Conservation Area shapes what is approved here. A complete, policy-literate extension pack anticipates those pressure points before submission, which is why professionally drawn applications are decided faster and refused less often than DIY ones.
Source: MHCLG planning application statistics (householder decisions, England, 1 April 2025 - 31 March 2026). Compare every borough on our London approval-rate league table.
Tell us about your project and get a fixed, no-obligation quote back within one working day. If you don't need planning permission at all, we'll tell you that too — for free.
Across Hanham Abbots, Hanham Abbots and Oldland, the extension that lands most often is the single-storey rear addition — a glazed kitchen-diner across the back of the house, kept within the permitted-development depth or taken to a full application where the ground floor wants more. On the borough's 1970s and early-1980s houses (32% of 3,980 homes), a side-return infill frequently pairs with it to square off the plan; on wider 1980s estate houses (21%), a two-storey side or rear extension can add a bedroom above without swallowing the garden.
The 3,980 homes here are 32% 1973-1982, 27% 1955-1964, 21% 1983-1992, which is what sets the realistic roof and rear-projection options. We size the extension to the amenity and daylight tests, match the roof and materials to the host house, and keep enough garden to satisfy South Gloucestershire Council's space standards — so the scheme answers the borough's questions before an objection can raise them. Where permitted-development rights are used up or removed, we prepare the householder application to the council's extension design guidance instead.
We draw extensions on every street in the borough. A few of the neighbourhoods where Longwell Green projects come up most often:
Extension drawings for Hanham Abbots's conservation area designated in 1989 — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to South Gloucestershire Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Hanham Abbots's civil parish within Longwell Green — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to South Gloucestershire Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Oldland's civil parish within Longwell Green — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to South Gloucestershire Council's guidance.
The right extension in Longwell Green depends on your house type and how much garden you can give up. This is how the main options compare on planning route and what they add.
| Extension type | Permitted development? | What it adds | What South Gloucestershire Council checks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-storey rear | Often, within 3m/4m depth (6m/8m via prior approval) | Bigger kitchen-diner across the back | Depth, height, neighbour daylight (45°) |
| Side-return infill | Sometimes, if within width and height limits | Squares off an L-shaped ground floor | Width vs the original house, glazing to boundary |
| Two-storey rear/side | No — full application | Extra bedroom or bathroom above | Bulk, overlooking, 7m rear-boundary gap |
| Wraparound (rear + side) | No — full application | Whole-width open-plan ground floor | Combined footprint and garden retained |
Route depends on your street — conservation areas such as Hanham Abbots Conservation Area and Article 4 directions can remove permitted-development rights.
A fixed process built around how South Gloucestershire Council validates and decides householder extension applications — most drawings are submission-ready within seven days of survey.
Tell us your Longwell Green postcode and house type. We confirm your conservation and Article 4 status, how much permitted-development depth you have left, and score your odds against live South Gloucestershire Council decisions.
We measure the existing footprint, floor and eaves levels, boundary distances and the neighbours' window positions — the numbers the depth limits and daylight tests depend on.
Chartered designers develop the single-storey, two-storey or side extension to your brief, drawn inside the permitted-development limits or to South Gloucestershire Council's extension design guidance.
We submit the certificate, prior-approval notice or application, manage validation and case-officer queries, and revise the drawings free until South Gloucestershire Council issues its decision.
Not always. A single-storey rear extension up to 3 metres deep on a terrace or semi, or 4 metres on a detached house, and no higher than 4 metres, is usually permitted development. In Longwell Green you will need to apply to South Gloucestershire Council for two-storey extensions, side extensions wider than half the house, anything forward of the front wall, deeper rear extensions under the larger-home prior-approval route, and any extension in a conservation area such as Hanham Abbots Conservation Area.
Standard permitted development allows 3 metres on a terraced or semi-detached house and 4 metres on a detached one. The larger-home extension scheme can double that to 6 or 8 metres, but it needs a prior-approval notification to South Gloucestershire Council and a neighbour-consultation period, and it does not apply on designated land such as Longwell Green's conservation areas. We confirm which route your property qualifies for before drawing.
Two-storey and double-storey extensions almost always need a full householder application to South Gloucestershire Council, because they fall outside permitted development on most homes. The council looks closely at bulk, overlooking of neighbours and the 7-metre gap a two-storey rear extension must keep from the rear boundary. We design to those tests and show the daylight and privacy angles on the drawings. This applies to your Longwell Green address specifically.
A householder planning application in Longwell Green runs to a statutory eight-week target, a larger-home prior-approval notification to around six weeks including the neighbour-consultation period, and a lawful development certificate to eight weeks. Incomplete submissions stall at validation, so we submit a complete pack and manage officer queries to keep the decision on schedule. South Gloucestershire Council is the decision-maker.
Yes — planning permission and building regulations are separate consents, and almost every extension needs both. Planning governs whether you can build it; building control governs how it is built, covering structure, insulation, drainage and fire safety. We prepare the building-regulations drawings alongside the planning set so South Gloucestershire Council's building control or an approved inspector can sign the work off. This applies to your Longwell Green address specifically.
Every house and brief is different, so we price each Longwell Green extension individually and send a fixed, no-obligation quote back within one working day. It covers the full drawing pack with free revisions until South Gloucestershire Council approves, and we tell you upfront whether your extension qualifies as permitted development. Call 020 7864 7245 to get started.
Answer five quick questions and get a free planning score for your exact address — instantly. Then, if you want the full picture, unlock the detailed analysis: your council's live approval rates, local precedents, constraints on your street and a step-by-step route to permission.
Same fixed quotes, same fast drawings — wherever your project is.