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Services
The Next Stages::
If you accept your eQuotation then you can call us to arrange a site survey and design consultation at your property.
Our services to you::
A: DIMENSIONED SITE & PLOT SURVEY
Our survey is only intended as an architectural design survey. This is a dimensional survey to ascertain the room sizes,
wall thicknesses, boundary positions and external appearance of the building. Our survey is not a conditions survey where
we report on any defects to your property or geological issues that may affect your proposal. If this type of survey is
required then we would recommend that you contact a Chartered Surveyor or Structural Engineer or Geological investigation surveyor.
B: DESIGN CONSULTATION & BRIEF
We will discuss your house extension of conversion with you, in detail, at your property. We will give you ideas and options to
make best use of the space whilst complying with your Local Council guidelines. We will use this brief as a basis in production
of the building plans and associated building specifications.
C: COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN [ CAD ] BUILDING PLANS PACKAGE
The following building plans & information, as applicable, will form part of the Local Council Planning and Building Regulation applications.
- Existing and Proposed Floor Plans
- Existing and Proposed Elevations
- Building Specification document & Cross section details
- Room Areas
- Block Plan
- Photographic survey
- Design & Access Statement
- [Scheme drawings will be scaled 1:50 or 1:100 or 1:200 as applicable]
D: BUILDING PLANS ISSUE
We then send your building plans to you, either by email or post, normally within 7 days, we ask you to make any revisions to the building
plans and once you are happy with the building plans we compile the Local Council planning and building regulation applications. At this stage,
we also request our architectural design fee and the Local Council application fees as detailed in the eQuotation.
E: HOUSEHOLDER PLANNING APPLICATION
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E: LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE FOR PROPOSED USE APPLICATION [ LDC ]
We then compile and submit your planning application to your Local Planning Authority [ LPA ] via the Planning Portal.
Once your planning application is received by your LPA we would ensure that your planning application is then registered and validated swiftly to avoid any unnecessary delays for you.
We are registered as planning professionals with the Planning Portal.
*An LDC will confirm your exemption from Planning Permission and that your house extension or loft conversion is exempt from planning permission and complies with the restrictions of the October 1st 2008 Permitted Development document.
F: BUILDING REGULATION APPLICATION
We also compile and submit your building regulation application to Building Control.
Once your building regulation application is received PA we would ensure that your planning application is then registered and validated swiftly to avoid any unnecessary delays for you.
All of our planning applications and the majority of our Building regulation applications are now submitted electronically to avoid any delays with your application.
G: FULL AGENCY SERVICE
We act on your behalf, as your agents, during the Local Council application processes. Once we receive the Local Council decisions we then send these to you, either by email or post and you can then start building.
WHY AZTECH
We currently achieve a 97% success rate with Householder Planning Applications.
Of the small percentage of applications that are rejected these are normally approved on the second submission.
We liaise closely with the Planning and Building Control Officers to ensure your applications are approved first time around.
95% of our clients receive their building plans within 7 working days of the site survey and design consultation.
Our scheme building plans and building specification document will enable you to put out to tender to Building Contractors for the most competitive quotations in the market.
We are your agents and are working independently for you. We are always acting in your best interests. Often a company that provides a design and build service may not be acting in your interests and may take shortcuts with the design so that site construction works are cheaper.
All Contractors will be basing their quotations on accurate detailed building plans. After you have selected a contractor there should be little room for what can be expensive additional extras during the building works which you may not have budgeted for.
Feedback from previous clients has indicated that our fee has been a very good investment in an effort to prevent this common problem.
We are fully insured for all liabilities and professional indemnities. Copies of our certificates are available for viewing upon request. It is essential that anyone providing architectural building design services for your home is fully insured for professional indemnity.
Your home is your most valuable asset and it is common sense that anyone providing services affecting the design and structure of your property is fully insured.
We have tried to present the information available in this website in the simplest form but if you do have any queries please call us.
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