Lizard Peninsula · TR12
Full Build for The Lizard (TR12)
Once drawings are approved, the build is the bit that decides whether you get the home you imagined or a frustrating compromise. We deliver projects on a single contract — design, drawings, approvals and construction — so the team that drew it is the team that builds it. The way we approach full build package in The Lizard starts with a measured walk-round — The Lizard is the southernmost village in mainland Britain, sitting on the AONB headland with serpentine geology, a working lighthouse and a tight Conservation Area at the village green, with a building stock that leans toward modern carefully detailed coastal homes and Edwardian villas.
The Lizard sits in Lizard Peninsula — covering TR12 from Mullion outward.
- Conservation Area
- Cornwall AONB
- Coastal exposure zone
- Rural / open-countryside policy area
- ✓ Same team on paper as on site
- ✓ Fixed-fee planning packages, no surprise invoices
- ✓ Local to Lizard Peninsula — not a national franchise
- ✓ One studio — design, planning and build under one roof
Our process
How a The Lizard full build package project runs.
Step 1
Pre-construction
Programme, procurement, contractor briefing and site setup.
Step 2
Substructure
Foundations, drainage, ground beams — the unglamorous bit that decides everything later.
Step 3
Superstructure
Frame, roof, glazing — getting the building watertight.
Step 4
First and second fix
Services, plaster, joinery, kitchens and bathrooms.
Step 5
Snag and handover
Final inspection, building control sign-off, handover pack and aftercare.
Full builds run from twelve weeks for small extensions to eighteen months for new build family homes.
Local proof — Our Lizard Peninsula workload means a The Lizard full build package project never has to wait for an out-of-county team to drive down.
Get a free feasibility viewWhat we focus on
Full Build considerations specific to The Lizard.
01
Weather windows on Cornish coastal sites are short — getting the building watertight before autumn matters more here than in central England.
02
Single-contract delivery removes the gap between architect's intent and builder's interpretation — fewer change orders, less variation cost.
03
Material lead times to Cornwall are longer than the M5 corridor; sequencing orders early protects the build programme.
04
Off-grid sites need their own water, drainage and power solutions designed and procured rather than assumed.
Local context
Why The Lizard is its own job.
In The Lizard the planning picture is specific: conservation Area, AONB and Heritage Coast all apply; coastal cliff exposure and views from the South West Coast Path are weighed heavily. Serpentine quarrying heritage adds a further design layer. For full build package specifically, parts of The Lizard sit within a designated Conservation Area, which means materials, fenestration and roof pitches all need to read sympathetically with the existing streetscape; the surrounding landscape falls inside the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so massing, height and landscape impact carry extra weight in any planning decision; coastal salt-laden air around The Lizard drives detailing choices — fixings, render systems and timber treatments all need to be specified for exposure; Cornwall Council's Local Plan applies tighter tests to isolated rural dwellings here, so design rationale and policy fit need to be set out clearly from the outset. That local reading is what makes a The Lizard (TR12) project different from a generic Cornwall scheme — and is the whole reason we work this way. On modern carefully detailed coastal homes in particular — the kind you'll also find toward Coverack — the full build package brief always has to read the existing fabric first.
Planning note
Build delivery doesn't need planning, but planning conditions often dictate site setup, materials and working hours — we read every condition and build the programme around them.
Local watch-list
The TR12 constraints that shape a full build package brief.
Watch #1
Conservation Area material and fenestration controls in central The Lizard
Watch #2
AONB landscape-impact scrutiny on visible elevations
Watch #3
Coastal exposure driving fixing, render and joinery spec
Watch #4
Tighter Local Plan tests on isolated rural dwellings
Local fabric
One TR12 studio, one full build package job — start to finish.
Building stock
Across The Lizard (TR12) we work on serpentine-stone cottages, Edwardian villas, 1950s coastal bungalows, modern carefully detailed coastal homes. Each stock type drives a different full build package response — modern carefully detailed coastal homes in particular needs careful detailing here.
Parish & policy
The Lizard sits in the parish of Landewednack, which matters for how parish-level consultation lands on a full build package application.
Coverage
We cover TR12 from our studio, with regular full build package jobs also running in Mullion, Coverack. Most The Lizard site visits get booked within the same week.
Can you handle both planning and build in The Lizard?
Yes — design, planning, building regs and full construction run under one roof. For clients with an existing The Lizard builder we can stop at a tender-ready Full Plans pack instead.
Request a free visitWho this is for
The Lizard runs the full mix — owner-occupier, holiday-let, commercial and the occasional smallholding — so we scope every full build package enquiry from the use-class up.
FAQs
The Lizard Full Build — local questions answered.
- How do you handle changes during the build?
- Weekly client meetings, written change requests, costed and signed before work proceeds. No surprise invoices. In The Lizard specifically, we'd start by checking the Conservation Area boundary before committing to a direction.
- Are you insured?
- Public liability, employer's liability and contractor's all-risks cover are in place for every project, with certificates available before contract signing.
- Can you build from someone else's drawings?
- Yes, with a review. We'll happily build from approved drawings produced elsewhere, after a technical review to confirm the design holds up at construction stage.
- Fixed price or open book?
- Both. Fixed price suits well-defined projects with clear specs; open book suits renovations and listed work where the unknowns only reveal themselves once you start opening things up. We'll recommend the right route.
- Do you handle the whole project from drawing to finish?
- Yes — that's the model. One contract from feasibility to handover, with design, regs and build all under our roof. No coordination gap between designer and contractor.
Other services in The Lizard
Nearby places we cover
The TR12 stretch of Lizard Peninsula has its own rhythm; our full build package work respects it, and Cornwall Council usually responds in kind.