North Cornwall · EX23
Design, planning and build for Stratton building regulations package
Building regulation drawings in Cornwall, drawn properly. Approved planning gets you permission to build — a complete building regs package is what gets you a building you can actually live in: 1:50 plans, 1:10 details, structural coordination and a specification a Cornish builder can price and build from without guesswork. What works on a EX23 plot rarely works elsewhere — Stratton is a market village in the EX23 area, acting as a local service centre for surrounding farms and hamlets, with a building stock that leans toward stone cottages and edge estates.
Stratton sits in North Cornwall — covering EX23 from Bude, Poughill, Flexbury outward.
- Conservation Area
- ✓ Free first site visit, no obligation
- ✓ One studio — design, planning and build under one roof
- ✓ Local to North Cornwall — not a national franchise
- ✓ Same team on paper as on site
Local proof — Most Stratton building regulations package clients we work with are second-time builders — they've seen the templated approach fail once already.
Get a free feasibility viewLocal context
Why Stratton is its own job.
Cornwall Council's lens on Stratton is consistent: town-centre heritage, parking, shopfront character and edge-of-settlement growth all need to be balanced in applications. For building regulations package specifically, parts of Stratton sit within a designated Conservation Area, which means materials, fenestration and roof pitches all need to read sympathetically with the existing streetscape. That's why we treat every Stratton project as a EX23-area job first — not a generic Cornwall job with a postcode bolted on. The stone cottages that dominate Stratton (and continue out toward Flexbury) set the tone for any building regulations package scheme here.
Planning note
Building regulations are a separate consent track from planning. Drawing them properly upfront is the cheapest insurance you'll buy on the project.
What we focus on
Building Regs considerations specific to Stratton.
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Part L and the Future Homes Standard route now drives a meaningful share of the build cost; getting the U-values and air-tightness strategy right at design stage saves money on site.
02
Granite walls, traditional cob, slate-hung elevations and rubble construction all need different building regs detailing than standard masonry.
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Approved Inspectors and Cornwall Council building control both work in the county; choice of inspector affects how queries are handled.
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Cornish exposure ratings are among the worst in the country; wind-driven rain detailing matters more here than in most of the UK.
Our process
How a Stratton building regulations package project runs.
Step 1
Design freeze
We confirm the planning-approved scheme as the basis for technical design.
Step 2
Structural coordination
Engineer's input on foundations, beams, lintels and steelwork is integrated into the drawings.
Step 3
Detailing
Construction details drawn at 1:10 for every junction that matters.
Step 4
Specification
Materials, U-values, finishes and workmanship written up so the builder can price accurately.
Step 5
Submission
Full Plans submission to building control with fee handling and query response through to completion certificate.
Most regs packages take three to six weeks once planning is approved, depending on structural complexity and engineer turnaround.
Local fabric
Choosing a building regulations package team that actually knows EX23.
Building stock
Across Stratton (EX23) we work on stone cottages, Victorian terraces, shops with flats above, detached houses, edge estates. Each stock type drives a different building regulations package response — stone cottages in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
Stratton sits in the parish of Stratton, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a building regulations package application.
Coverage
We cover EX23 from our studio, with regular building regulations package jobs also running in Bude, Poughill, Flexbury. Most Stratton site visits get booked within the same week.
How quickly can you visit a Stratton site?
Usually within the same week. Stratton (EX23) is on our regular North Cornwall run, alongside Bude, Poughill, Flexbury. First visits are free and you'll get an honest feasibility view inside seven days.
Request a free visitFAQs
Stratton Building Regs — local questions answered.
- Building Notice or Full Plans?
- Full Plans gives you a formal approval before work starts and a clean paper trail for resale. Building Notice is faster and cheaper up front but less protective. We default to Full Plans for anything other than very simple work. In Stratton specifically, we'd start by checking the Conservation Area boundary before committing to a direction.
- Do I really need building regs drawings if I have planning?
- Yes — they cover completely different things. Planning controls how the building looks and where it sits; building regs control how it's actually built and whether it complies with current safety, energy and accessibility law.
- Do you coordinate with a structural engineer?
- Yes — every project that needs steel, timber or masonry calculations is coordinated in-house with a Cornish structural engineer we work with regularly.
- Who do you submit to in Cornwall?
- Either Cornwall Council building control or one of the Approved Inspectors active in the county. We're happy to recommend, but the choice is yours.
- What happens if something changes on site?
- Site queries are part of the job. We respond directly to the builder during construction, issue revised details where needed and keep building control informed if the change is material.
Stratton is part of Bude
Stratton sits inside the Bude catchment — we cover both as one building regulations package territory.
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Nearby places we cover
Designing a building regulations package in Stratton is as much about reading the parish as reading the brief; we do both, and the planning outcomes follow.