Architectural Services For Householders, extensions, loft conversions, garage conversions, garden rooms. We take care of Planning and Building Control for you.
Providing Architectural Services for householders, chiefly a planner for house extensions and loft conversions, we also do corresponding work including creating plans for garage conversions, granny annexes, porches, off road parking, dropped kerbs, structural calculations and specifications. We specialise in all aspects of design, correspondingly specifying work and equally obtaining planning permission along with Building Control approval.
Here’s how we can help you….
No hidden charges for you to pay: we will give you a fixed quotation
Trading Standards Approved
Local Authority Building Control Partners
Plans prepared on full size A1 architectural paper, using the latest industry standard software
We deal with all enquiries from planning and building control
A full specification and structural calculations included
Paper copies of plans and PDF copies of plans included
Planning, Design And Specification
Offering a complete service of designer and planner coupled with a specification, all for a fixed cost with no hidden extras, we can tell you the likelihood of obtaining planning permission, because permission may not be required. In the unlikely event of the council refusing permission, accordingly we will tell you this might happen before undertaking any work, hence enabling you to make an informed decision. A lot of the planning work we do is for applications around the permitted development rights of the property, consequently planning permission often isn’t needed!
What is additionally required for all plans is Building Control Approval, often referred to as ‘building regs’, therefore this is included in all our plans. A full specification including cross sections, construction detail in the plans and structural calculations, are additionally supplied with every drawing. This enables builders to basically give a quote for the building work, rather than an estimate of the cost. Therefore if you’re a self-builder or keen DIY enthusiast who is going to be doing the work yourself, or conversely project managing the work, you have a specification to work to. Being Approved Building Control Partners we will also have the plans, spec and calcs approved for you, so obviously they’ll be no nasty surprises.
If you’re in the Medway, Gravesend, Maidstone or Swale areas these are the planning departments we particularly experienced with. Specifically having a good working relationship with them, we are therefore keen to maintain that relationship, although are not afraid of pushing the council if what you want is a little unusual or different. It’s not always about giving the planning department something that will be approved easily, conversely Architectural services are about understanding the boundaries of planning permission, then pushing those boundaries!
Keith was instrumental in helping me avoid expensive and time consuming planning permission when it was not required. Kicking back to the council who confirmed planning permission was essentially needed. Easy 5 star for Keith @ KCR Design, many thanks again
Fay Ross
Keith was very professional and really helpful with his advice and guidance and help in gaining planning and building control permissions.
I can highly recommend his services
Fay Ross
David Herrington
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Keith on two projects, one in 2018–19 and another in 2026, and both were fantastic experiences. He brought a wealth of knowledge to the renovations, offering valuable insights I hadn’t thought of. He made the planning application process with the local authority, building control, and water company completely stress-free. I’d gladly recommend KCR Design to anyone.
pauline ellis
Highly recommend KCR, Keith was friendly patient and professional and at the end of the phone when needed, everything explained in plain English.
Phoebe Tindall
We have been really pleased with KCR designs from start to finish. Keith is very professional and readily available to help with any questions or queries no matter how small. Would recommend to anyone.
Courtney Jones
Keith was very kind, helpful and professional! I told him the vision for my loft conversion and he created the plans. He applied for the planning permissions and building control, all in a timely manner, also both approved. I am very satisfied with his work and I will definitely be hiring him again for my next projects 😊
Jon N
Used Keith to design our 16m2 rear extension. Always responded to our queries in good time, plans were easy to follow and was very familiar with medway building control 🙂 a good experience
Michaela Ward
We used KCR for our extension plans. Keith was
promt, helpful and informative and completed really clear plans. We then left it a good while before getting started and went back for further advice, Keith updated our plans and was really helpful. Would recommend.
Craig Shade
Honest and friendly with a good price for the service provided , would not hesitate to use KCR again. Keith was very knowledgable and we felt at ease with his help during the planning phase of our project.
Sean Williams
Keith has been excellent throughout the process in helping me get plans and sort out planning permission, building control etc. Would highly recommend, thank you Keith!
Adeeb Hussain
Found Keith on Google after reading his reviews. Transparent and took all the headache of planning permission, completed everything as he stated in our initial conversation. Would recommend
Isabella Pollock
I highly recommend Keith. He was so helpful from beginning to end! Helping us understand the process every step of the way and staying with us until the job was completed! Will be recommending to everyone I know!
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Daisy Courtney
Keith helped us to gain planning permission for our extension. He was knowledgeable, friendly and approachable throughout the whole process. Thank you, Keith, for your support and help. Daisy and family.
Chris Goddard
Made it so easy, kept us update, was very transparent and successful in the approach,
Daniel Edwards
Keith recently helped us obtain planning permission on a canopy extension on our property. We had struggled to find someone willing to help as it was a bit out of the ordinary, but Keith was more than happy to undertake the project. He came out to the property promptly, explained everything and was able to give us some brilliant ideas which we adopted. His work was prompt, efficient and very thorough. The design is exactly as discussed and we can’t wait to see it come to life. Wouldn’t hesitate to use KCR Design again in the future.
Laura Parsons
Keith was great from start to finish, he took all of the stress out of the process for applying for our drive, and his drawings were exactly what we were looking for!
I would definitely recommend Keith, and wouldn't hesitate to use him again for future projects!
Thank you once again!
Pauline Bass
Fantastic service from Keith. Our plans were exactly as we wanted, and Keith offered advice on what was possible in terms of potential planning. The drawings were of great quality and waved through via planning with no issues. A great service all round - Many Thanks
S H
We have just used the services of KCR Design to obtain planning for works to our home. We felt in safe hands throughout with Keith's knowledgeable advice and impeccable communication. Thankyou.
Holly Mason
I Highly recommend Keith from KCR Designs. His service is professional, reliable and great value for money. As we were complete novices in this minefield of planning, Keith has made the process easy by taking control of all aspects of the planning and building control for us, which has made the process stress free. Keith is a lovely man who has extensive knowledge of his field and he goes that extra mile, such as continuing to offer support after the drawings have been submitted and he acts as your agent so you don’t need to liaise with planning or building control, which was perfect for us. We were recommended Keith by someone who also highly recommended him, and we can see why.. he’s great. We would use him again in the future if the need arises. he is polite and trustworthy. Thanks Keith!
simon sidaway
Keith was incredibly helpful and guided us through the whole process. He knew exactly what we where after and produced all the drawings and some very in-depth specification documentation as well as handling the planning application. All the builders have commented on how detailed the drawings where.
Rupesh Vassa
Keith was introduced to us and what a godsend he has been.
He is very professional, yet personable - a lovely gentleman.
He understood our predicament and knew what needed to be done in order to obtain the relevant planning permission. Not only did he succeed with consent, but made the process very easy for us too.
I can't recommend Keith highly enough and would not hesitate to use his services again.
Matt
Keith has been so helpful from day one. We approached him to design our kitchen extension at the rear of our property. The drawings he provided were just what we needed to get our build underway. Not only has keith done our drawings and structural calculations he has also managed all of the building control and planning applications.
This was our first build project and without keith we would not have known where to start. He replied to our questions without delay and always got back to our emails on the same day. We cannot fault the service he provided.
Thanks again Keith, we really appreciate all your help along the way……and the last minute drawing amendments for the steel.
Michael Owen
A very professional, service delivered quickly, I have used KCR for 2 different projects was on time. I will be using again.
Fraser Mason
Highly recommend Keith to anyone looking for planning and building control expertise at a very reasonable price. I was let down by my original architect who charged me a lot of money to get through planning (with no Regs drawings) and then was no assistance when BC knocked me back to full plans application due to a deep drain issue. Keith gave me free advice over the phone and then I was very pleased with his quote and service for full BC drawings and being agent for my application. I can now say I am gladly looking at an (almost) finished rear extension. You won’t go wrong with KCR
