Architectural Design
What is architectural design?
As you are looking for Architects in Worthing, and there are lots to choose from, as architectural designers we thought we would break down our particular designers process. If you are unsure of the difference between the two head over to our article Understanding the Roles: Architect vs Architectural Designer which explains it. Professional architectural design ensures your home, or commercial spaces are designed creatively and presented in easy-to-understand drawings to meet all your day to day practical and living needs whilst also ensuring your new improved home meets local authority planning requirements and modern construction standards. In short, we put the wow factor into construction.
BuildView has developed a unique, refreshing, and innovative approach to designing homes, a service tailor made to fit with our customers busy lives. We will perform and accurate measured survey and creatively design every aspect of your new improved home.
The proposed alteration or new structure will be designed to complement and enhance your existing property, to lift the property and add real value in terms of space, function, aesthetics and hopefully, monetary value too. We work in clear set stages and milestones so that you know exactly what to expect from us, when to expect it and where your project is at any given time in the process.
Architectural Design Stages
Use our online quote tool
Head over to our free online fee quote tool. If you're happy to go ahead then we will introduce ourselves we will put together our quotation and email this to you for your approval. Once accepted we'll arrange your measured survey.
Design Consultation
Once you are ready we’ll arrange a friendly phone call or zoom to get to know each other, discuss your current home and your project requirements, discuss your project aspirations, spatial requirements and aesthetic preferences, project budget and agree realistic and goal orientated design options taking into account any Planning Permission criteria and essentially agree a design brief for us to work toward. We will get you to complete our brief form and send you our welcome pack. Its also important to make sure that you are fully briefed on the potential cost implications of the designs, a good way to get a thorough understanding is to read our blog post How Worthing Architects Influence Property Value through Design
Site Survey
Our surveyor will visit your property, and digitally scan the property and gather accurate information including photographs and videos as required for the project's success.
Existing Drawings
The digital scan is passed to our architectural technician who will convert the survey information into 3D computer drawings accurately reflecting the existing property. We now have your home on our computers!
Assessment
Our architectural designer will check the drawings against the survey documents and appraise the property against your initial design consultation, taking into account design feasibility, planning guidelines and construction factors.
Design
This is the best bit. Working from the design brief, the existing drawings and survey, work begins on the proposed design. We'll sketch out design options to best meet your spatial and aesthetic preferences. Once completed we will prepare our concept design in 3D to issue to you for input and comment.
Presentation
Either online or in person we will present our design to you! You get to see what we have created. So exciting! To get an idea of our designs have a look at our completed projects
Discusion
We will run through the design together, talk through each point and make sure that the scheme works well for you, what you like, what you don't .
Revisions
Following our discussion and taking your comments on board we will evolve the design and revise the drawings to meet the agreed revisions. We'll set the drawings out and label these to planning permission standards to include location and site plans, existing and proposed floor plans along with exterior elevations.
Create Architectural Drawings and Final Check
Following our discussion and taking your comments on board we will evolve the design and revise the drawings to meet the agreed revisions. We'll set the drawings out and label these to planning permission standards to include location and site plans, existing and proposed floor plans along with exterior elevations.
Planning Permission
What is planning permission?
Planning permission is the legal process of determining whether your proposed extension or development should be permitted. To provide the best chance of success and from the very outset, we will design your project to meet your aspirations whilst also designing to planning guidelines. Where necessary we can design the extension to be within permitted development rights and therefore not requiring planning permission at all.
Whether the proposal is permitted development or requires a full planning application, gaining the correct planning consent is essential for proof of lawfulness to the council and to buyers should you sell your home in the future. As experts in designing and improving homes, our job is to know the Worthing planning permission process inside out and, we do! Planning applications do not need to be stressful, they simply need to be managed and we view our role as being to protect your interests, therefore we'll submit and manage the application process for you from start to finish.
Planning Permission Stages
Application Documents
We will prepare all the documents, drawings and application forms ready for submission.
Submission
Acting as your agent we will submit your application to the council nominating you to pay the application fee.
Planning Fee
With the application submitted you will be contacted automatically to pay the application fee.
Acknowledgement
The application is now with the planning department who will be checking to ensure all documents are correct and in order.
Validation
Start and Decision dates are confirmed and a planning officer is assigned to work with us. From here an application takes 8 weeks during which we will keep an eye on progress for you.
Live Application
The planning department will notify your neighbours of the proposed project, inviting them to comment. While the application is being assessed we will work with the planning officer on your behalf and throughout.
Decision
A decision is made and your project is either Approved or Rejected. Either way, we’ll advise on next steps. If Approved, we will proceed to the Building Regulations stage if required. We would strongly recommend that you read our article on this as it has a direct impact on you personally, the article is called Understanding the New Building Regulations: A Guide for Worthing Architects