Single-storey, double-storey, rear and side extension drawings for Old Town, Hull homes — measured to Hull City Council's design guidance, delivered in days and revised free until your decision, with a free approval-odds check before you commit.
Hull City Council granted 91% of the householder planning decisions it made in its latest published year — 4 points above the 87% England-wide householder average. The Old Town sits behind the Humber's tidal defences in a high flood-risk zone, so conversions of historic and warehouse buildings must demonstrate flood resilience and safe access, which is where a policy-literate drawing pack earns its keep. Its dominant Georgian (1714–1837) and Victorian (1837–1901) housing stock sets the design brief on most streets.
Class A and Class B set the thresholds — a rear dormer to 40m³ on a terrace or 50m³ on a semi or detached, and a single-storey rear extension to 3m on a terrace or 4m on a detached house — beyond which Hull City Council needs a full application. In conservation areas such as Old Town, Georgian New Town and Charterhouse those rights are removed, so we confirm your exact address before a line is drawn. A validated householder application in Old Town, Hull is determined against an 8-week statutory target.
High Street (medieval merchant lane with staithes and listed warehouses along the River Hull), Fruit Market (regenerated warehouse quarter of apartments and studios by the marina), Land of Green Ginger (narrow historic street of Georgian frontages in the Old Town core), Charterhouse (almshouse precinct and terraces in their own conservation area north of the centre), Georgian New Town (planned late-Georgian streets around Charlotte Street and Kingston Square) and Wincolmlee (former industrial riverside with warehouse and mill conversions) — these are the Old Town, Hull pockets our drawings cover most. Heritage designations here include Old Town, Georgian New Town, Charterhouse and Wincolmlee. Hull City Council weighs each proposal against the Hull Local Plan 2016–2032, where listed-building density means most works need listed-building consent alongside planning permission, and pastiche or over-glazed additions are resisted. Much of the Old Town and Fruit Market is flatted through warehouse and merchant-house conversion, so householder permitted-development rights rarely apply.. On roofs the borough is pitched and mansard roofs on the historic buildings and flat and parapet-hidden roofs on warehouse conversions, over Georgian and Victorian merchant houses and warehouses, converted riverside and staith-side buildings and modern apartment infill in the Fruit Market.
Old Town, Hull homes come in a handful of recurring shapes, and each one points to a different extension. The borough is built largely from Georgian and Victorian merchant houses and warehouses, converted riverside and staith-side buildings and modern apartment infill in the Fruit Market, 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. Hull City Council judges every one of them against the Hull Local Plan 2016–2032, 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. The Old Town sits behind the Humber's tidal defences in a high flood-risk zone, so conversions of historic and warehouse buildings must demonstrate flood resilience and safe access, so we design around it from the first sketch rather than discover it at validation.
Old Town, Hull also protects whole streets — Old Town, Georgian New Town, Charterhouse and Wincolmlee among them. The Old Town is not covered by Hull's HMO Article 4 direction, which is focused on the university quarter, but as one of the city's most sensitive conservation areas almost every external alteration here needs consent regardless of permitted-development rights. 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 Old Town, Hull 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 Hull City Council if any of these apply:
We draw the footprint, the ridge and eaves heights and the neighbours' daylight on the page — the relationships Hull City 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 Hull City Council's real householder decision record, drawn from official planning statistics and refreshed as new data lands. Hull grants about 91% of its decisions, but in the Old Town the exceptional heritage sensitivity and listed-building controls are the constraint that governs design far more than the headline rate. 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.
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Across High Street, Fruit Market and Land of Green Ginger, 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 georgian and victorian merchant houses and warehouses, a side-return infill frequently pairs with it to square off the plan; on wider modern apartment infill in the fruit market, a two-storey side or rear extension can add a bedroom above without swallowing the garden.
Listed-building density means most works need listed-building consent alongside planning permission, and pastiche or over-glazed additions are resisted. 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 Hull City 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 Old Town, Hull projects come up most often:
Extension drawings for High Street's medieval merchant lane with staithes and listed warehouses along the River Hull — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to Hull City Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Fruit Market's regenerated warehouse quarter of apartments and studios by the marina — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to Hull City Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Land of Green Ginger's narrow historic street of Georgian frontages in the Old Town core — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to Hull City Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Charterhouse's almshouse precinct and terraces in their own conservation area north of the centre — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to Hull City Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Georgian New Town's planned late-Georgian streets around Charlotte Street and Kingston Square — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to Hull City Council's guidance.
Extension drawings for Wincolmlee's former industrial riverside with warehouse and mill conversions — footprint-checked, daylight-tested and drawn to Hull City Council's guidance.
The right extension in Old Town, Hull 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 Hull City 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 Old Town and Georgian New Town and Article 4 directions can remove permitted-development rights.
A fixed process built around how Hull City Council validates and decides householder extension applications — most drawings are submission-ready within seven days of survey.
Tell us your Old Town, Hull 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 Hull City 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 Hull City 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 Hull City 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 Old Town, Hull you will need to apply to Hull City 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 Old Town and Georgian New Town.
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 Hull City Council and a neighbour-consultation period, and it does not apply on designated land such as Old Town, Hull'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 Hull City 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 Old Town, Hull address specifically.
A householder planning application in Old Town, Hull 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. Hull City 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 Hull City Council's building control or an approved inspector can sign the work off. This applies to your Old Town, Hull address specifically.
Every house and brief is different, so we price each Old Town, Hull extension individually and send a fixed, no-obligation quote back within one working day. It covers the full drawing pack with free revisions until Hull City Council approves, and we tell you upfront whether your extension qualifies as permitted development. Call 020 7864 7245 to get started.
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