BD3 PROJECT PREPARATION BRIEF
Reorganising a Bradford Moor or Barkerend terrace

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 a terrace renovation in Barkerend, Bradford Moor or Thornbury, look at circulation and service routes before adding rooms or moving facilities. A narrow plan can become difficult to use when a new bathroom, staircase alteration or kitchen layout takes space from the route through the house.

DECISIONS TO RESOLVE

1. Measure circulation, not only room area
Draw door swings, stairs and the passage to the rear. Discuss how furniture, occupants and maintenance access will move through the proposed layout before finalising partitions.
[ ] Gather: A measured plan showing doors, stairs and fixed fittings.
Notes: ________________________________________

2. Coordinate the wet rooms
Identify the existing soil stack and the route for proposed kitchen and bathroom drainage. Ask which connections need investigation before assuming a new room can be placed anywhere upstairs.
[ ] Gather: Service positions and photographs of accessible drainage connections.
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

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.