New Conservatory for all year usage, what do I need?

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sunshinetours wrote: »

For over £1200 per sqm you are pretty much into basic brick extension territory just for information which will arguably add more value (and need no more planning permission than the conservatory these days) and be more easily useable year round.

I appreciate you want a glass extension so just do what you are doing and get three quotes at least to compare

Yeah that's what I figured. I had been going down the lines of a conservatory over extension mainly from a cost perspective. When I had a quick Google around, it seemed the rate was £500 /m^2 for super cheapo, £750 /m^2 for middle of road and £1000 /m^2 for top notch. Dunno if that guide is woefully out of date mind!

sunshinetours

julianashcroft wrote: »

As a planning officer what are your thoughts on the Modplan Vertex Roof System for a conservatory. Would this still come under permitted development? Does there have to be some much glazing in a conservatory roof?

Think you will find the conservatory or extension all either falls into planning permission or its doesn't. A conservatory per se doesn't exist as a separate type of building under planning regs (sure PO can correct if wrong)

I would also add that those coloured roofs look awful IMO. be interested in the different U values of a thick tinted poly roof and those coloured panels

planning_officer

Sunshinetours is completely correct above - it doesn't matter if the roof is made of tiles, timber or glass (or anything else for that matter!). Provided it complies with the maximum heights, depths, distance to boundaries etc, then it will benefit from permitted development rights.