BD6 PROJECT PREPARATION BRIEF
Adding useful ground-floor space in Wibsey or Buttershaw

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 Wibsey or Buttershaw home, compare a rear extension with rearranging the existing ground floor. The best brief explains the household problem: a separate utility, a larger kitchen or a room with garden access. It also records slopes and steps that the new space must connect to.

DECISIONS TO RESOLVE

1. Use levels to compare the options
Record the kitchen floor, rear threshold and garden levels. Discuss whether each option needs steps, retaining work or a changed drainage route before comparing only the area of new floor space.
[ ] Gather: A simple section through the house and garden.
Notes: ________________________________________

2. Retain the functions being displaced
Identify storage, boiler space and access that disappear in the new layout. Include their replacement in the scope so an apparently spacious design does not create a second, unpriced project.
[ ] Gather: A list of existing functions to retain or relocate.
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.