Builders in St Neots

St Neots has grown faster than anywhere else we cover, and a large share of its housing is now new build from the last twenty years. That changes what you're allowed to do to it.

We work across the town on extensions, kitchens and bathrooms, and renovations, and we're in Cambridgeshire often enough to know the local process.

Permitted development rights let most homeowners extend without a full application. On newer estates, those rights are often removed or restricted, either by a planning condition attached when the estate was approved, or by a restrictive covenant in your deeds.

The result catches people out regularly: a neighbour two streets away extends without permission, you assume you can do the same, and it turns out your title says otherwise. Covenants are a private legal matter, so the council won't flag them and planning permission doesn't override them.

Two things worth checking before you spend anything on drawings, your title deeds for covenants, and the original planning decision for your estate for removed rights. We'll check what's publicly available at survey and tell you what we find.

Applications go to Huntingdonshire District Council - Cambridgeshire, not Bedfordshire.

Give us a call on 01767 235673 or send us the details. We'll come and look, talk through what's realistic, and put an itemised quote in writing.