Planning permission, architect costs etc.

[Katjolo]

Hi, I'm hoping for some rough figures on how much it cost you up front to apply for planning permission, architect fees, structural engineers etc. I'm based in the south east. I have a very ball park figure cost but just wondered on personal experiences. Thanks.

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MNHQ

We spent 27k before we even got going. Mainly Architect fees, party wall agreements were 4.5k, asbestos survey, drainage survey, health and safety set up.

Thanks @Doodar. Out of interest, where are you located?

Near Muswell Hill

Thanks

In Yorkshire but including planning but without a structural report (which wouldn’t have been much as it was just a quick review of whether a RSJ was needed or not) £1000

Thanks. What about cost of initial drawings?

Very useful. Thanks

We went with an architect my dh knew and he gave us 30% discount,still ended up paying ££££. The builders said they could have worked from more basic plans and structural engineers plans. If I renovated a property again I’d cut the Architect out as I know what I want.

What @Doodar says. Unless you want a super fancy extension, dont use an architect. We probably paid about £8k in architect fees/pp/building regs/structural engineer for our last project with the architect taking 75% of that. Starting again in a new house and using an architectural technician at a fraction of the cost- £1500 for the plans, submitting to pp and building regs, so we only have to factor in the structural engineer on top. I would never use an architect again.our builder laughed at the nonsense the architect told us we needed and extracted money for.

And to give context 1st project approx£250k, current project about £100k

This is so helpful. I've been quoted 900 for the drawings plus council fees etc. Seems about right I guess.

Surrey, 2 story extension.

5k to architects
1300 to building control
700 to structural engineer
350 to surveyor for party wall - likely to increase

@Grobagsforever

Surrey, 2 story extension.

5k to architects
1300 to building control
700 to structural engineer
350 to surveyor for party wall - likely to increase

Hi Grobags, thank you for this, very useful as we’re about to emnpbark on similar and are in the same area. Are you happy with your architect? Please feel free to PM details. Thank you 💐

Sorry, the post above was to @Grobagsforever.