BD2 PROJECT PREPARATION BRIEF
Joining an Eccleshill house to a new rear addition

Prepared by ATR Developments Limited. You can use this with your designer or builder.
These are preparation prompts, not a property survey or a permissions decision.

Project address: ______________________________
Proposed work: ________________________________
Intended use / occupation: ____________________

For an extension to an Eccleshill or Bolton property, examine the existing rear wall and the available route into the garden before settling the new layout. A stone wall, an earlier addition and a stepped yard create different questions from a clear modern plot, even within the same postcode.

DECISIONS TO RESOLVE

1. Record the existing wall in detail
Photograph the stone, openings and roof junctions and decide what will be retained. Ask for a clear specification for the new opening and the visible old-to-new connection before comparing quotations.
[ ] Gather: Rear elevation photographs and any drawings for previous alterations.
Notes: ________________________________________

2. Test access at each stage
Measure the narrowest point between the street and the work area. Consider what happens when excavation, materials and new walls occupy the same route, including how the household reaches the garden.
[ ] Gather: An access sketch with widths, steps and temporary storage positions.
Notes: ________________________________________

ADDRESS CHECKS
[ ] Confirm the authority using the full address: https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
[ ] Establish applicable permissions with the relevant authority and advisers.

PRIMARY RESOURCES

Local maps & character documents
Selected links from the council’s directory. Use the named area and boundary to check relevance to your property; these documents do not apply to the whole postcode.
Eccleshill: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/environment/conservation-areas/eccleshill-conservation-area/

Bradford Council
Use the property record and the mapped conservation area, rather than assuming the whole postcode has one designation.
Planning history: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-applications/view-planning-applications/
Conservation maps & assessments: https://www.bradford.gov.uk/environment/conservation-areas/list-of-conservation-areas/

GOV.UK party wall guidance
Check the type and position of the proposed work before deciding whether notice or specialist advice is required.
Party walls and building work: https://www.gov.uk/party-walls-building-works

Resource review: 2026-10-16
No project cost, permission or availability is confirmed by this checklist.