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Extension types
Porches and front extensions
A porch or front extension adds useful space, such as a boot room, cloakroom or even a ground floor bedroom, while transforming how your home looks from the street.
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Is it right for you?
What a porch project is great for
- Boot rooms and storage
- Improving kerb appeal
- Ground floor bedrooms
- Draught-free entrances
Things to think about
- Matching materials to the front of the house
- Planning rules are stricter for anything facing a road
- Can be combined with a rear extension in one project
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FAQs
Porches and front extensions: your questions
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Do I need planning permission for a porch?
Not if it’s within permitted development limits: up to 3 square metres in floor area, no higher than 3m, and at least 2m from a boundary with a road.
Can you build front and rear extensions together?
Yes. Our Little Paxton project added a front extension with a ground floor bedroom and en-suite, and a rear extension for a new dining area.
Guides
Helpful reading on porch projects
ProjectsProject spotlight: front and rear extensions in Little PaxtonTwo extensions created a ground floor bedroom with en-suite and a bright new dining space, without losing living space.Read article 
GuidesDo I need planning permission for an extension?Many extensions can be built under permitted development, without a full planning application. Here’s how the rules work and when you’ll need permission.Read article More options
Other types of extension
Single storey rear extensionsThe most popular way to add space: a bigger kitchen, family room or open-plan living area at the back of the house.Find out more 
Double storey extensionsAdd living space downstairs and bedrooms or a bathroom upstairs, often for less per square metre than a single storey.Find out more 
Side return extensionsMake use of the narrow passage beside your house to widen the kitchen and transform a dark, awkward layout.Find out more 
Wraparound extensionsCombine a side and rear extension in an L shape for the biggest possible open-plan ground floor.Find out more 
Kitchen extensionsCreate the kitchen-diner you’ve always wanted, designed, built and fitted by one team.Find out more 
Garage conversionsTurn an under-used garage into a living room, office, gym or self-contained annex.Find out more 
Loft conversionsAdd a bedroom, en-suite or office in the roof space without losing any garden.Find out more 
Garden rooms and orangeriesLight-filled spaces that blur the line between house and garden, built to be used all year round.Find out more
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